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Watercolor on paper Germany, 1947 Oskar Moll (1875-1947) – German artist and printmaker Inscribed and dated in ink verso ‘Oskar Moll Paints Mary Lou Norrie Berlin Germany, 1947’ Dimensions: 19 ½ x 25 ½ in. (49.5 x 64.8 cm.) Estimate $500-$700 Teeming with pattern and color, this watercolor of a young girl and her dog demonstrates German artist Oskar Moll’s skill as a colorist. The subject – Mary Lou Norrie – sits on her bedspread reading, one of the many books on her bookshelf. Her dog lays patiently at her side. Executed in 1947, this watercolor is inscribed and dated in ink verso ‘Oskar Moll Paints Mary Lou Norrie Berlin Germany, 1947.’ It measures 19 ½ x 25 ½ inches. Upper left corner missing, dime-sized stain upper right corner, pin holes in all four corners, 1 in. tears lower left and center edges, creases and warping to paper; scattered foxmarks verso. Oskar Moll (German, 1875-1947) German painter and printmaker Oskar Moll was born in 1875 in Brieg, Silesia. He began painting at the age of 22, studying under Lovid Corinth, Walter Leistikow and Henri Matisse. His work combined elements of French Impressionism, Fauvism and Cubism into a characteristic abstract formal vocabulary of intense colour, mainly painting still lifes and landscapes. In 1914 he became a member of the ‘Free Secession in Berlin’, followed by a professorship at the Academy of Arts and Crafts, where he was Director until its closure in 1932. He then taught at the Dusseldorf Art Academy, but was dismissed in 1933 by the Nazis from the civil service. Back in Berlin, an exhibition prohibition was granted and he was defamed as a ‘degenerate artist’. Shipping costs excl. statutory VAT and plus 2,5% (+VAT) shipping insurance.