SwissArtGallery · Documented identity
Georg Meistermann (1911–1990), a German painter and draughtsman born in Solingen and who died in Cologne, studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf from 1930 under Werner Heuser, Heinrich Nauen and Ewald Mataré. In 1933, the Nazi condemnation of this type of art prevented him from continuing his studies. He then worked for several years as a freelance painter and art teacher in Solingen.
The production of stained glass, which he began in 1937, is a documented aspect of his practice. A stained-glass window was installed in the Kaiser-Friedrich-Gedächtniskirche in Berlin in 1957; in 1976, he designed four windows for the Collegio Teutonico in Rome. He also created a new decorative scheme for the Basilica of St Gereon in Cologne between 1979 and 1986.
Meistermann took part in documenta 1 in 1955 and documenta 2 in 1959, in Kassel. A work by the artist was presented at Galerie Heimeshoff in Essen in 1989, in the exhibition “Georg Meistermann – neue Arbeiten”, and later featured in the touring exhibition organised for the centenary of his birth, shown in Solingen, Bayreuth and Linnich in 2011–2012. It is described as a pendant executed later to “Blätter 2 (Blätter)”, listed as Herold 743. The Georg-Meistermann Museum was inaugurated in Wittlich in 1994.
This profile brings together identity references for Georg Meistermann and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Lempertz · Schuler
References include catalogue entries and available results; they do not all represent completed sales. Attributed works and special lots are excluded from the priced results.
Oil on canvas
Dämmerung
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2023-09-22
Published result : 3200 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1500–2500
View the lot at the auction house ↗
Oil on canvas laid down on wood
Onoma
Öl auf Leinwand, auf Holz
Auction date : 2022-12-03
Published result : 10710 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 6000
View the lot at the auction house ↗
Oil on canvas
Blätter I (Blätter)
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2021-12-04
Published result : 4250 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 4000
View the lot at the auction house ↗
Öl und Tuschfeder auf festem Papier
Auction date : 2021-06-18
Published result : 3000 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 3000
View the lot at the auction house ↗
Oil on canvas
Blindes Fenster (Blaues Fenster)
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2021-06-18
Published result : 7500 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 8000
View the lot at the auction house ↗
Oil on canvas
Komposition
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2018-11-30
Published result : 11780 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 12000
View the lot at the auction house ↗SwissArtGallery documentary note based on the cited sources. Titles, media and qualifications are provided in the profile language; the original catalogue wording remains available in each record.
Profile updated :
Recently enriched profiles
Born in Lübeck in 1646 under the name Gottfried Kniller, Godfrey Kneller was a portrait painter whose name also appears in the form Gottfried Kneller. His father, Zachary Kniller, a…
3 auction referencesRobert Mangold’s painting is distinguished by a minimalist language embodied in carefully defined formats and contours. His series of shaped canvases explore variations on motifs suc…
4 auction referencesThe French painter Yvonne Canu (1921–2008), born in Meknès, Morocco, developed a Neo-Impressionist practice characterised by a divided brushstroke and the arrangement of juxtaposed c…
1 auction reference