Lot number 36 - Xaver FUHR

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

'Pleasure Steamer or Steamer Stop,' circa 1943, signed, glazes on paper, cf. Zienicke illustration page 242/'A397/No. 345 (noted on the reverse), 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.' Exhibition ban from 1939 to 1945. Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich in 1946. Resident in Regensburg since 1950. Participated in the 26th Venice Biennale in 1952. Documenta 1 in Kassel in 1955. Major retrospective as part of the Berlin Festival in 1968. Works in public collections include: The Blue Tower – Ingolstadt City Museum; Iron Bridge – Folkwang Museum 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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