ROBERT KOHL ( Vienna 1891 - 1944 concentration camp Blechhammer )

ROBERT KOHL ( Vienna 1891 - 1944 concentration camp Blechhammer )
Bundle of 3 lithographs

Sword scene, 1920
lithograph/paper 39,8 x 29,8 cm
signiert Kohl

Death of Hamlet
lithograph/paper 44 x 33 cm
verso estate stamp Robert Kohl Nr. 85

Hamlet at the cemetery, 1920
lithograph/paper 50 x 35 cm
signed Kohl
inscribed 1. Fassung
verso estate stamp Robert Kohl Nr. 84

SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 100 - 200
STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 100

Robert Kohl was an Austrian painter, graphic artist and illustrator. As a painter, he mainly created flowers and landscapes with strong colouring, and as a graphic artist he created, among other things, several lithography cycles (including “Hamlet”, “Macbeth”, “Simplicissimus”, “Der Traum ein Leben”). Kohl was not accepted by the Vienna Academy and then took drawing and painting classes in Vienna. In 1912 and 1913, he briefly studied at the Prague Art Academy under August Brömse. From 1913 to 1916, he lived in Leipzig. In 1918, after military service, he returned to Vienna, from 1919 to 1923 he was back in Leipzig, from 1923 to 1924 in Frankfurt/Main and then again in Vienna. Until 1923, Kohl worked primarily as a graphic artist, and around 1915 he created his first oil paintings. In 1919, he took part in the summer exhibition “The New Eye” in the House of Young Artists in Vienna; between 1919 and 1924, he exhibited in Leipzig and Dresden. He also created illustrations for German publishers. Represented in the Hagenbund for the first time in 1921, again in 1930 and 1936, and became a member of the Hagenbund in 1937/1938. In 1931/1932, he exhibited at the Vienna Künstlerhaus. In 1938/1939, Kohl emigrated to Paris. Before he could further emigrate to the USA, he was arrested by henchmen of the Vichy regime in the unoccupied part of France and taken to the Blechhammer concentration camp, where he was murdered in 1944. Kohl's works are in the following collections: Albertina, WienMuseum, Upper Austrian State Museum Linz, Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig, Copperplate Engraving Cabinet of the Dresden State Art Collections, Museum of History of the City of Leipzig, Museum Breslau (prints only). Numerous works were lost due to the war. Further artists and styles: Watercolour, Oil, Hamlet, Shakespeare

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