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Lot 195:
Description
Dietz Edzard mid century modern signed oil painting portrait of a young woman. Measures 21"H x 17.5"W Framed, Art Measures 14 3/4"H x 11"W. He studied with Max Beckmann in Berlin from 1911 and then worked in the Netherlands. In 1927 he went to France in Provence . In 1929, his works were exhibited in the Jeu de Paume , a collection of impressionist art in Paris. In 1930 he returned to Berlin, but later went to Paris , where he settled and lived and exhibited until the end of his life (Galerie Durand-Ruel). During the Second World War he was interned in the Les Milles internment and deportation camp in southern France. His works can be found in museums in Grenoble , Bremen, Hamburg and Wuppertal as well as in many American and Canadian private collections, where he sold most of his works. His subjects: theater, circus, women and children, dancers, Venetian still lifes, flowers. The historian Birgi Neumann-Dietzsch found out during research that five paintings by the painter were considered degenerate and destroyed under the Nazis.
Condition: Commensurate with age. All lots are sold "AS IS" The condition of lots can vary widely and are unlikely to be in a perfect condition.
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