Lot number 37 - Xaver FUHR (1898-1973)

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

'City View,' signed, circa 1960, glazes on paper, cf. Zienicke, another version of 'Am Wall,' 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, 23 of his works were confiscated from German museums and in 1937 some were presented in the Munich exhibition 'Degenerate Art.' 1939–1945: Exhibition ban. 1946: Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. In Regensburg since 1950. Participated in the 26th Venice Biennale in 1952. Documenta 1 in Kassel in 1955. Major retrospective at the Berlin Festival in 1968. 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 – Regensburg Municipal Gallery, etc.
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