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8140 - Wichmann, Walter
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Wichmann, Walter Man with a Rake Pastel chalks on vellum. 55.5 x 26 cm. Monogrammed “W.W.” in pencil at the bottom left. A monumental, stand-alone figure of a man with an oversized rake—likely taken from a larger composition—depicted in simplified forms and balanced colors. After completing an apprenticeship as a book printer, Wichmann took painting lessons from Otto Nagel from 1936 to 1939 and attended the Deutsche Kunstschule, Vereinigung für freies Kunstschaffen und Kunstpflege e.V. in Berlin. Numerous frontline drawings by him from the period during World War II have survived; in 1944, he was awarded the Villa Romana Prize. After the war, he was appointed lecturer in figurative drawing at the Berlin University of the Arts. 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.
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