4494 - Herbert Rolf Schlegel, Lake View

Herbert Rolf Schlegel, Lake View a view across a lake from the shore, mountain ranges glowing red in the background, two bathers in the foreground, a boat gliding past on the shore, the scene framed by trees to the left and right, a minimalist, romantic depiction, oscillating between New Objectivity, Symbolism, Life Reform and Romanticism; oil on canvas mounted on wood; probably 1920s; ‘HRS’ monogram in the bottom left-hand corner; signs of age; restored; frame damaged; inner dimensions 83 x 94 cm. Artist information: German painter of the New Objectivity movement (1889, Breslau - 1972, Landsberg am Lech); completed a commercial apprenticeship; attended the School of Applied Arts in Düsseldorf in 1909-10; 1910-11: studied at the Grand Ducal Saxon Art School in Weimar; 1913-21, with an interruption due to the First World War, studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Kassel whilst simultaneously training as a teacher; 1921-23: based in Kassel as a painter; from 1924: worked in St. Georgen am Ammersee; 1932-40: took over the pottery in Schondorf; Source: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer and Wikipedia.