4109 - Richard Naumann-Coschütz, Kleiner Windberg

Richard Naumann-Coschütz, Kleiner Windberg View from the mountain towards a rock formation; in the foreground, conifers and deciduous trees in autumnal colours; a powerful and impasto landscape painting; plein air painting in mixed media (tempera and graphite) on paper mounted on painting board, monogrammed in pencil in the lower left-hand corner, dated (1)925, titled, signed, annotated and dated again on the reverse, unframed, minor signs of ageing, dimensions 33.5 x 42 cm. Artist information: real name Max Richard Naumann, German writer, painter, draughtsman, graphic artist, bookplate and commercial artist (1886 Freital - 1961 Dresden); initially trained as a lithographer from 1900, studied at the Dresden Academy from 1909 under Robert Sterl, Oskar Zwintscher, Richard Müller and Hermann Prell, 1919-22: master student under Ludwig von Hofmann; from 1923: worked as a freelance artist in Dresden; subsequently became a sensitive portrayer of the Dresden countryside, particularly Saxon Switzerland; based in Dresden-Coschütz; source: Student registers of the Dresden Academy and the internet.