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1436 - Walter (Walther) Witting (1864, Dresden – 1940, ibid.)
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Walter (Walther) Witting (1864, Dresden – 1940, ibid.) “Our Little Lottchen.” Original title A sensitive, vividly rendered portrait of a young girl playing mother to her dolls—presumably the artist’s daughter—who, standing in a nightgown with her back to the viewer, turns to face the viewer. The artist, who worked as a portrait and landscape painter, graphic artist, and designer, first studied at the Academy in Dresden under Leon Pohle and Friedrich Preller the Younger, then at the Art School in Weimar under Max Thedy; study trips to Paris and Italy broadened his artistic horizons. In 1890, Witting received the Grand Silver Medal at the Crystal Palace in London; In 1900, he held a major exhibition at the “Kunsthütte” in Chemnitz; in addition to the Dresden exhibitions, he also participated in the Great Berlin Art Exhibition and the exhibitions at the Munich Glaspalast, among others. Oil on cardboard. Signed and dated on the lower left (19)01. Titled on the reverse, remnant of an exhibition label. 111 cm x 61 cm. Original frame. Oil on cardboard. Signed and dated (19)01. Titled on the reverse, remnant of an exhibition label.
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