SwissArtGallery · Documented identity
The painter Karl Meisenbach, born in Nuremberg in 1898 and deceased in Munich in 1976, develops an artistic practice that leads him early towards expressive abstraction. His approach is described as a search, through reduction, for the primordial organic form. A description of his works refers to vigorous, dense and expressive colours that nevertheless remain attached to natural appearance. His work of that period continues to bear the mark of the teaching of Karl Caspar, his professor at the academy.
A member of the Neue Münchner Sezession in 1925, he is also included in a list of members of the Neue Gruppe. The city awards him the Dürer Prize in 1928. According to the entry by Gailer Fine Art, Meisenbach is labelled «entartet» from 1937 to 1945; this situation is associated with a ban on exhibiting and material difficulties.
In 1940, he settles with his family in Rimsting, on the shore of the Chiemsee; the following year, the family lives in Feldwies. After losing his studio, which was located in an attic, the family moves to the Achental. In 1945, an art exhibition held in Prien is counted, according to Gailer’s entry, among the first two post-war exhibitions.
This profile brings together identity references for Karl Meisenbach and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
1 references are documented at Dobiaschofsky. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Oil on canvas
"Seeshaupt am Starnberger See".
Öl auf Lwd
Date to be documented
Published result : 1300 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1400
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Documentation updated : 2026-10-19
