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A. R. Penck Documented profileGermany · Germany
The Art Institute of Chicago lists an untitled 1981 woodcut from the eight-piece portfolio Eight Experiences, as well as a Portrait of Writer Sascha Anderson, dated circa 1980. An au…
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Adolf Luther Documented profileGermany
Two documented works by Adolf Luther bring together distinct materials and formats: a “Materiebild” on fibreboard and a “Linsenobjekt” composed of glass lenses. The untitled work, da…
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Albert Ebert Documented profileGermany · Germany
The German painter Albert Ebert, born in 1906 and died in 1976, is represented here by Karneval, an oil painting on wood dated 1959. The small-format panel measures 9.2 × 6.9 cm and…
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Albert Hennig Documented profileGermany
The German photographer, painter and graphic artist Albert Hennig (1907–1998) developed a practice that moved from photography to painting after his training at the Bauhaus. Born in…
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Alexander Koester Documented profileGermany
Alexander Koester devotes a significant part of his work to landscapes and water birds: geese, swans and ducks appear alone or in groups. The subjects thus range from an individual a…
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Alexander Rau Documented profileGermany
“Holländische Hafenszene”, dated around 1920, is an oil on canvas, signed lower right, measuring 40 × 31 cm. Another painting, described as a Dutch market in a harbour, is also a sig…
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Alf Bachmann Documented profileGermany
Born in Dirschau on 1 October 1863 and deceased in Ambach in 1956, Alf Bachmann settled in Munich in 1891. His exhibition history is documented in Königsberg from as early as 1885, w…
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Alfred Meyer-Bernburg Documented profileGermany
Born in Bernburg in 1872, Alfred Meyer-Bernburg is documented, among other things, by a dated and signed work. Nach dem Bacchanal, oil on cardboard from 1931, measures 68.5 × 50.5 cm…
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Alois Binder Documented profileAustria · Germany
Popular genre scenes occupy a central place in Alois Binder’s painting, alongside Bavarian landscapes, scenes in traditional dress, portraits and still lifes. Born in 1857 in Hausman…
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Andreas Brandt Documented profileGermany
German painter Andreas Brandt, born in 1935 and deceased in 2016, moved to Berlin in 1955 to study art. His first solo exhibition was held in 1970 at Galerie Peuckert in Cologne. His…
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Andreas Jawlensky Documented profileGermany
Presented as a German painter, Andreas Jawlensky was born in Prely, Latvia, in 1902 and died in Barga in 1984. Among the documented works is Landschaft, a 1929 drawing in coloured pe…
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Andreas Schulze Documented profileGermany
Born in Hanover in 1955, the German painter Andreas Schulze develops a form of figuration in which rounded forms create a register that is both playful and humorous. From 1978 to 198…
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Anton Henning Documented profileGermany
This oil on canvas, monogrammed and dated “AH 96”, measures 182 × 152 cm. The entry associates it with the exhibition “Anton Henning, Too much of a good thing...”, and cites Kunstver…
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Arnold Moeller Documented profileGermany
The German landscape and animal painter Arnold Wilhelm Moeller, also known by the spelling Möller, was born in Bückeburg in 1886 and died in Bruckmühl in 1963. Before his artistic tr…
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Arthur Grimm Documented profileGermany
Arthur Grimm’s work spans several genres: he is particularly known for his still lifes, flower paintings and landscapes, and also produces watercolours, drawings, portraits and self-…
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Attila Kovács Documented profileGermany · Hungary
Koordination p3-13-1975 is an acrylic painting on canvas mounted on wood, measuring 100 × 100 cm; the entry describes it as signed and dated, and as bearing the name Kovács on the re…
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Balthasar Denner Documented profileGermany
Balthasar Denner’s practice of portraiture is documented from his adolescence: according to a biographical note, he was already painting portraits at the age of fourteen. The Gemälde…
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Bernard Schultze Documented profileGermany
Bernard Schultze, a German painter born in 1915 in Schneidemühl, now Piła, and who died in Cologne in 2005, is presented as a representative of Art Informel. In 1952, he founded Quad…
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Bernd Berner Documented profileGermany
The German painter Bernd Berner (1930–2002) is represented by a work entitled “Ohne Titel”, listed under his name in an auction. Described as a signed watercolour and gouache dated (…
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Blalla W. Hallmann Documented profileGermany
German painter Blalla W. Hallmann (1941–1997) is represented here by a 1989 triptych comprising “Der Nürnberger Trichter - 41 Jahre danach”, “Im Salzkammergut” and “Der gekachelte To…
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Blinky Palermo Documented profileGermany
The German artist Blinky Palermo was the artistic name of Peter Schwarze, who became Peter Heisterkamp after his adoption. Born in Leipzig on 2 June 1943, he died in Malé on 18 Febru…
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Bruno Goller Documented profileGermany
The German painter Bruno Goller, born in 1901 and deceased in 1998, is also documented as a teacher at the Düsseldorf Academy of Fine Arts. Konrad Klapheck attended his drawing class…
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Bruno Müller-Linow Documented profileGermany
The German painter Bruno Müller-Linow (1909–1997) is also described as a graphic artist and university teacher. The available biographical information links his career to Technische…
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Carl Buchheister Documented profileGermany
Born and died in Hanover, Carl Buchheister (1890–1964) developed an oeuvre whose documented trajectory runs from realistic portraits to abstraction oriented towards Constructivism. A…
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Carl Ebert Documented profileGermany
Carl Ebert (1821–1885), a German landscape painter born in Stuttgart and deceased in Munich, devoted himself especially to forest scenes. After the early death of his parents, relati…
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Carl Georg Naumann Documented profileGermany
A German painter active in the 19th century, Karl Georg Naumann—also known as Carl Georg—is associated above all, according to a lot description, with lively genre scenes, which he f…
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Carl Ludwig Kaaz Documented profileGermany
Described as a German painter who lived from 1773 to 1810, Carl Ludwig Kaaz also appears in sources under the names Carl Ludwig Katz and Karl Ludwig Kaaz. An auction catalogue lists…
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Carl Rabus Documented profileGermany
The German painter and illustrator Carl Johann Rabus published his work in several periodicals, including Eulenspiegel, Der Orchideengarten and Jugend. This publishing activity, carr…
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Carl von Bergen Documented profileGermany
The German painter Carl von Bergen lived from 1853 to 1933. The City Gate is described as an oil painting on canvas, signed lower right and dated 1882. Its dimensions are 31.5 × 22 cm.
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Carl Wuttke Documented profileGermany
In 1874, he set off on foot for Italy, where he stayed until 1876; from 1885, he lived in Munich. His travels took him to Andalusia in 1880, Norway in 1894, several regions of Africa…
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Carlo Mense Documented profileGermany
The German painter Carlo Mense, born in Rheine in 1886 and died in Königswinter in 1965, is also described as a draughtsman and printmaker. After studying at the Düsseldorf Academy o…
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Cesar Klein Documented profileGermany
The German painter, graphic artist and stage designer César Klein (1876–1954) developed a practice spanning the applied arts, interior decoration and film. According to the biographi…
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Christa Dichgans Documented profileGermany
German artist Christa Dichgans, born in 1940 and died in 2018, grew up in Düsseldorf, studied at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin, and received a scholarship from the Studienstiftun…
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Christian Pieper Documented profileGermany
The German painter Christian Pieper, associated with the Düsseldorf School, works in portraiture, genre painting and landscape. Born in Osnabrück in 1843, then in the Kingdom of Hano…
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Christian Seybold Documented profileGermany
Known as Christian Seybold, the artist is also listed under the names Johann Christian Seybold, Christian Seibold and Christian Seybald. His painting, associated with German Feinmale…
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Christopher Lehmpfuhl Documented profileGermany
The sales notice states that it is monogrammed and dated at the lower right, and bears the monogram and the number “CL/M 7276” on the reverse. Its published provenance mentions NZZ E…
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Cölestin Brügner Documented profileGermany
A landscape painter established in Berlin, Cölestin Brügner exhibited several works there at the Academy between 1856 and 1866, according to a sale notice. The same source states tha…
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Conrad Felixmüller Documented profileGermany
Conrad Felixmüller is a painter whose works often address the social realities of the Weimar Republic. Born in Dresden on 21 May 1897, he died in Berlin-Zehlendorf on 24 March 1977.…
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Curth Georg Becker Documented profileGermany
Assuan (Nubische Figur) is an oil on canvas measuring 115.5 × 55.5 cm. The lot description records a signature and the date “be 64” at lower right; on the reverse, the canvas bears a…
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David Ostrowski Documented profileGermany
German painter David Ostrowski, born in Cologne in 1981, develops a body of work centred on pictorial experimentation. His painting tests gesture, accident and imperfection across va…
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Deodat Roger Documented profileGermany
A landscape painter, figure draughtsman and etcher, Deodat Roger (1726–1821) is also described as a graphic artist and portrait miniaturist. His documented practice thus brings toget…
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Dieter Krieg Documented profileGermany
The work is signed and dated on the reverse and also bears a handwritten note from Galerie Timm Gierig in Frankfurt am Main on the reverse; its provenance then indicates a private co…
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Dietz Edzard Documented profileGermany
Dietrich Hermann Edzard, known as Dietz Edzard, was a German painter, engraver and illustrator, born in Bremen in 1893 and died in Paris in 1963. In 1911, he worked in Berlin under t…
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Eberhard Günther Willikens Documented profileGermany
German painter Ben Willikens, born in 1939, is also known as Günther Eberhard Willikens. He was one of Heinz Trökes’s students. Among his documented works is “Raum 477”, an acrylic o…
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Eberhard Viegener Documented profileGermany
The German painter Eberhard Viegener, born in Soest in 1890 and deceased in Bilme in 1967, initially pursued training rooted in the family trade. From 1904 to 1906, he learned painti…
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Edgar Ende Documented profileGermany
The German painter Edgar Ende (1901–1965), associated with Surrealism, was also the father of the writer Michael Ende. The work Krippenfechte, dated 1951, is catalogued as a gouache…
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Edmund Kesting Documented profileGermany · Germany
The German painter, graphic artist, photographer and art educator Edmund Kesting (1892–1970) developed a practice that brought together several media and explored the organisation of…
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Eduard von Grützner Documented profileGermany
Eduard von Grützner is associated with Munich genre painting of the second half of the nineteenth century, alongside Carl Spitzweg and Franz von Defregger. At the Academy of Fine Art…
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Edward Harrison Compton Documented profileGermany
The German painter and illustrator of British origin Edward Harrison Compton was born in Feldafing on 11 October 1881 and died on 6 March 1960. He was the second son of the painter E…
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Elena Luksch-Makowsky Documented profileGermany
The Russian painter and sculptor Elena Luksch-Makowsky was born in Saint Petersburg in 1878 and died in Hamburg in 1967. The daughter of the painter Konstantin Makovsky and niece of…
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GND / Deutsche Nationalbibliothek / lobid · CC0 · RKDartists / RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History · ODC-BY 1.0 · 11.10.2026
ICCD / Ministero della Cultura — Catalogo Generale dei Beni Culturali · CC-BY 4.0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington / The Museum of Modern Art, New York / The Cleveland Museum of Art / The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) · Open Access · CC0 · 12.10.2026