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Paul Kleinschmidt: Frauenbad

Paul Kleinschmidt: Frauenbad
KLEINSCHMIDT, PAUL
1883 Bobolice - 1949 Bensheim

Title: Frauenbad.
Date: 1926.
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Measurement: 150 x 120cm.
Notation: Monogrammed and dated lower right: P. Kl. 22. Januar 1926.
Frame/Pedestal: Framed.

The work is accompanied by a convolute of 10 prints by the artist.

Provenance:
- Private collection Sweden

Literature:
- Lipps-Kant, Barbara: Paul Kleinschmidt 1883-1949, vol. II, Tübingen 1977, cat. rais. no. 54

- The characteristic voluptuous women depicted in claustrophobic confinement are among Kleinschmidt's most sought-after motifs on the art market
- This is the last work of the Frauenbad cycle from the Berlin years
- Paul Kleinschmidt developed his very own, unmistakable style of painting, which moves between Realism, Expressionism and New Objectivity

New catalog raisonné:

VAN HAM Art Publications has begun to compile a new catalog raisonné of the paintings and works on paper based on the dissertation "Paul Kleinschmidt 1883-1949", 1977, by Dr. Barbara Lipps-Kant. This is being done under the direction of Dr. Felix Billeter and in cooperation with the artist's descendants and the Paul Kleinschmidt Gesellschaft e.V..

To this end, we would ask for your help: please contact publications@van-ham.com if you have an original work by Paul Kleinschmidt in your possession. Your data will of course be treated confidentially.

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