4414 - Hans Greinke, "Oberweimar"

Hans Greinke, "Oberweimar" View of Oberweimar from a country lane, with rolling hills and a blue horizon dotted with a few clouds in the background; a very idyllic view of this Thuringian village, painted with a slightly impasto technique and in soft pastel colours, oil on panel, signed lower right, in need of cleaning, signs of age, retouching, black frame, minimal knocks, inner dimensions 67 x 85 cm. Artist information: German landscape painter and illustrator (1891, Berlin - 1960, Weimar), studied at the Weimar Academy under Gari Melchers, Theodor Hagen, Max Merker and Max Thedy; stayed at the ‘Siedlung Heimland’ near Luhme (now part of Rheinsberg) around 1913; later settled in Neuoberweimar; source: Dressler, ‘Aufstieg und Fall der Moderne’ and the internet.