Lot number 35 - Xaver FUHR (1898-1973)

Watercolor - Xaver Fuhr (1898 Neckarau near Mannheim - 1973 Regensburg)

'Autumnal Landscape - Picket Fence in Nabburg', signed, circa 1949, cf. Zienicke illustration page 258/No. A633/No. 523 (noted on the reverse), work exhibited in Mannheim 1949, 1950 Kunsthalle Mannheim; 1950 Galerie Franke Munich; 1951 Kunstverein Cologne, etc., Provenance: Private collection Regensburg (acquired directly from the artist Xaver Fuhr), cf. literature: German painter and graphic artist; studied under the painter Hacker and at a private school in Heidelberg. 1920 first museum acquisition by the Kunsthalle Mannheim. 1928 exhibition at the Galerie Nierendorf Berlin. 1930 Prize of the Prussian Academy of Arts. 1931 Villa Romana Prize of the German Artists' Association. From 1934 onwards, 23 of his works were confiscated from German museums and in 1937 some were presented in the Munich exhibition 'Degenerate Art.' He was banned from exhibiting from 1939 to 1945. In 1946, he became a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. Since 1950, he has lived in Regensburg. In 1952, he participated in the 26th Venice Biennale. In 1955, he participated in documenta 1 in Kassel. In 1968, a major retrospective was held as part of the Berlin Festival. Works in public collections include: The Blue Tower – Ingolstadt City Museum; Iron Bridge – Museum Folkwang Essen; Gothic Cathedral – Museum Ludwig Cologne; Rubber Tree – Kunsthalle Mannheim; Harbor Scene with Yellow House – Bavarian State Painting Collections Munich; Mannheim Vision – Municipal Gallery Regensburg, etc.
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