Lot number 258 - Wilhelm Niedermayer (1899 - 1965)

Drawing - Wilhelm Niedermayer (1899 Passau - 1965 Englburg)

'The Shadow of the House (1934)', signed, ink on paper, image dimensions approx. 44 x 27.5 cm, matted, framed, overall dimensions approx. 63 x 53 cm, provenance: Lower Bavaria, cf. literature: After his studies, he enrolled at the Moritz Heymann School of Drawing and Painting in Munich. Here he was instructed in figure drawing, portraiture, and landscape painting. He then continued his training with Professor Hermannsdörfer and Peter Trumm. To devote himself entirely to painting, Wilhelm Niedermayer moved permanently to Munich. During these 'bohemian years,' he lived in the circle of Simplicissimus, the famous satirical magazine published by Albert Langen. A first exhibition at the Munich Glass Palace in 1927 brought him to the attention of a wider public. Since 1931, Wilhelm Niedermayer lived in Englburg in the so-called 'Malerhäusl' (painter's cottage). As a founding member of the Danube-Forest Group, Wilhelm Niedermayer, along with Hermann Erbe-Vogel, August Philipp Henneberger, Reinhold Koeppel, Walter Mauder, Heinz Theuerjahr, and Georg Philipp Wörlen, was one of the pioneers of the artistic scene in Eastern Bavaria after the Second World War. In 1963, his work and achievements were honored with the Eastern Bavarian Culture Prize.
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