7174 - Geitlinger, Ernst

Geitlinger, Ernst "Abstract Composition" Mixed media on vellum. 1948. 23.5 x 36.5 cm. Signed “Ernst Geitlinger” in white with a brush on the lower left and dated; signed, dated, and titled again in pencil on the former backing board. Abstract scene against a deep blue background; on the reverse, a fragment of another composition by the artist. Ernst Geitlinger studied painting under Karl Caspar at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts beginning in 1922. He produced a remarkable body of early work, in which the young artist drew inspiration not only from Hofer and Kanoldt but also from Max Beckmann and Otto Dix. During the Nazi era, he was banned from exhibiting; his art was deemed “degenerate.” After 1945, his work increasingly leaned toward abstraction, though he never entirely abandoned figurative art. In December 1946, the Gerd Rosen Gallery presented a solo exhibition featuring works by Ernst Geitlinger. Provenance: Private collection, Berlin - Please request condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalog. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalog.