4476 - Friedrich Reimann, Roe Deer in a Forest Clearing

Friedrich Reimann, Roe Deer in a Forest Clearing Roe deer grazing on a slope at the edge of the forest, in a summer landscape; a painting of animals executed in a slightly impasto style; oil on canvas, c. 1940, signed ‘Reimann’ lower left, indistinct annotations on the reverse of the canvas, signs of age, originally framed, inner dimensions approx. 55 x 70.5 cm. Artist information: German porcelain, animal and landscape painter (1896 Mariaschein/Bohemia - 1991 Zeulenroda), resident in Zeulenroda from 1908, trained as a porcelain painter at the Schilde porcelain factory in Roschütz near Gera, 1912-15: apprenticeship as a decorative painter with court master painter Fritz Carol in Zeulenroda; 1915-17: evening classes with Prof. Hugo Händler in Berlin; 1917-18: served in the First World War with the 2nd Sailors’ Division; 1919: first art exhibition in Zeulenroda; 1920-22: studied at the Dresden Academy of Arts and Crafts under Carl Rade and P. Erich Zschiesche, From 1922, worked as a freelance artist; from 1935, regular hunting and study visits to Count Arnim-Boitzenburg in the Uckermark; exhibited at the Great German Art Exhibition at the Haus der deutschen Kunst in Munich from 1938-44, 1942-46: military service and captivity; in the 1960s, he illustrated, amongst other works, Grzimek’s *Animal Life*; worked in Zeulenroda; Source: Frank Weiß, *Malerei im Vogtland*, Schamscha-Küpper and Wikipedia.