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Oil on painting cardboard GDR, 1960s Otto Niemeyer-Holstein (1896-1984) - German painter, woodcutter and graphic artist Verso inscribed in pencil 'W-Nr. 2363', with stamp of the artist's estate and a soft pencil drawing Painting cardboard: 50.2 x 40.2 cm Very good condition Outstanding in Niemeyer's oeuvre approve beyond every native subjects of the Baltic Sea the depiction of nudes; oil paintings by the artist fetch up to €10,000 on the international auction market Otto Niemeyer-Holstein, who began painting in the artist circle of Ascona in Ticino, depicts here an abstracted, faceless female nude study, executed as an oil painting. The body is painted in reddish shades and contrasts the greenish background. Accents build the scratched in contours of the body. Especially Expressionism and New Objectivity were influential art movements for the artist and in the end he felt most connected to Expressive Realism. The painting cardboard measures 50.2 x 40.2 cm and the total dimensions, including the frame, are 59.6 x 49.5 cm. Otto Niemeyer-Holstein (1896-1984) He was accepted by Switzerland as a disabled ex-serviceman in 1916. He began painting in the artist circle of Ascona, Ticino. He lived in Switzerland until 1925, in between he studied at the Academy on Kassel. He moved to Berlin in 1926 and in 1929 he was taught by A. Segall in Paris. He moved to Usedom in 1939, where he built the 'Usedom Painting School' together with Otto Manigk, Herbert Wegehaupt and Karen Schacht. The National Socialists removed his works from all the museums. His breakthrough followed in 1961 with an exhibition of a comprehensive overview of his work at the Nationalgalerie in East Berlin. He was voted the president of the international committee when the first Biennale of the Baltic rims took place in 1963. He became a professor of the Akademie der Künste of the GDR in 1964 and a member in 1969. (tm) Shipping costs excl. statutory VAT and plus 2,5% (+VAT) shipping insurance. Due to the legal obligation for the resale royalty in the art market the following applies: As a result of its membership in the AV Kunst, Auctionata charges additionally to the hammer price the contribution to the AV Kunst of currently 2.1% of the revenues from the sale of fine arts and photographs pro rata towards the buyer. More information about royalty right in our T&C.