Prof. Emil Schumacher, Abstrakte Komposition

Prof. Emil Schumacher, Abstrakte Komposition
Prof. Emil Schumacher, Abstract Composition
rhythmic, non-representational composition, catalogue raisonné Albert Schiestl, Emil Schumacher - Die frühe Druckgraphik, number 10, etching, 1959, signed in lead "Schumacher" on the right and numbered "33/40" on the left, the etching was printed by Kätelhön in Wamel, published by Abstracta-Verlag in Freiburg, one sheet from the edition was shown at documenta II in 1959, see catalogue II. documenta 1959 -Druckgrafik, page 85, framed under passepartout and behind glass, dimensions approx. 25 x 14,8 cm. Artist info: Germ. Painter and graphic artist (1912 Hagen to 1999 San José/Ibiza), 1931-34 studied commercial art at the Handwerker und Kunstgewerbeschule Dortmund, 1935-39 worked as a freelance painter, after the seizure of power by the National Socialists demoted as "Kulturbolschewist" and expelled from the Reichskammer der bildenden Künste, Worked as a technical draughtsman during the war; first solo exhibition in Wuppertal in 1947; 1958-60 professorship at the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste in Hamburg; 1959 took part in documenta II in Kassel; 1961 took part in the 29th Venice Biennale. Biennale of Venice and presentation of the Guggenheim Award, 1966-77 professor at the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe, numerous exhibitions worldwide, Schumacher counts among the most important artists of West German post-war modernism, Source: Wikipedia and Internet.