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HEINRICH CAMPENDONK 1889 - 1957 Krefeld 1889 - 1957 Amsterdam Title: Interior with Two Nudes, 1918 Technique: Original Hand Signed Woodcut on wove paper Paper Size: 40.2 x 34 cm / 15.8 x 13.3 in Image Size: 25.2 x 21.5 cm / 9.9 x 8.4 Additional information: The work is hand signed in pencil by the artist at the lower left margin "Campendonk" . This is probably a rare trial proof before the total edition of 125 signed impressions (100 on wove paper and 25 on Japan paper). This woodcut was the first plate in Campendonk important series in the deluxe periodical "Die Schaffenden" of 1918 that was published by Verlag Gustav Kiepenheuer, Weimar. Campendonk was a member of the Der Blaue Reiter group, from 1911 to 1912. Another impression of this work can be found among other in the collection of the Statische Galerie Albstadt, The Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Kunstmuseum Dusseldorf, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia and in the Milwaukee Museum of Modern Art Note: Heinrich Campendonk was a Dutch painter of German birth. He was born in Krefeld. He was a key member of the Der Blaue Reiter group, from 1911 to 1912. When the Nazi regime came to power in 1933, he was among the many modernists condemned as degenerate artists, and prohibited from exhibiting. He moved to the Netherlands, where he spent the rest of his life working at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. Painter, printmaker, stained-glass designer. First gained prominence within the Blaue Reiter circle, which he entered in 1911; showed three of his paintings in their first exhibition that year. Became known for his lyrical, sometimes fairy tale-like works envisioning a mystical harmony among animals, the untamed landscape, and man. Took inspiration in particular from Franz Marc's animal subject matter and prismatic forms and colors, as well as from Bavarian folk art. Drafted in 1915; discharged due to poor health, he isolated himself in rural Seeshaupt in Bavaria. He made a total of seventy-seven prints, all black-and-white woodcuts, approximately one-third of them from 1916 to 1917, when woodcut was a major preoccupation for him. Many published in Der Sturm, Das Holzschnittbuch, and Die Schaffenden, the latter two by Paul Westheim. Literature: Engels, Mathias. 1959. Campendonk. Holzschnitte. Werkverzeichnis. Stuttgart, Kohlhammer, Reference: Engels 36 a (of b) Condition: Very Good Condition. The print is attached to a mount with tape.