Lot number 108 - Grafik Fruth

Serigraph - Josef Fruth (1910 Fürsteneck 1994)

'In the Potato Field,' signed, sheet dimensions approx. 24 x 29.5 cm, framed, overall dimensions approx. 38 x 46 cm, Provenance: Private collection, Regensburg district, cf. Lit.: German painter, graphic artist, lyricist, and writer, as well as illustrator of newspapers and books. He lived and worked in the 'Alte Wache' (Old Guardhouse) in Fürsteneck. From 1926 to 1929, he completed an apprenticeship in applied arts under Prof. Bruno Mauder. This was followed by studio training in the Munich Artists' Circle, supported by the painters Karl Alexander Flügel and Edmund Steppes. From 1947, Fruth worked as a freelance artist. Various exhibitions and awards, including the Culture Prize of Eastern Bavaria, the Federal Cross of Merit, the Culture Prize of the Freyung-Grafenau district, and the Bohemian Forest Culture Prize of the City of Passau.
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