GREAT ANTIQUE GOUACHE MONOGRAMM OFB(OSCAR FLORIANUS BLUEMNER)

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GREAT ANTIQUE GOUACHE MONOGRAMM OFB(OSCAR FLORIANUS BLUEMNER) You are watching a nice antique painting with monogramm OFB (Oscar Florianus Bluemner). A great example of traditional landscape created in unusual modernizm style. The piece is even more impressive in person when you can appreciate the nice contrast of green and red. Medium: gouache on paperSignature: Signed lower right with monogramm OFBSize of Piece: Approximately 48 by 40 sm. on the wall and 27,5 by 19 sm. the painting alone. The painting is sold together with the frame. The frame is wooden dark brown with golden stripe and has the minor sighns of age. The painting is also framed with the passeport back paper which got a bit yellowish with the time. Please see photos.Condition: The painting is in ok condition for its age. Exactly as found and photographed. Not a print of any kind or copy-original gouache. BIOGRAPHY Oscar Florianus Bluemner (1867-1938)The son and grandson of architects, Oscar Bluemner was born in Prenzlau, Germany, in 1867. He studied painting and architecture at the Royal Academy of Design in Berlin before leaving for New York in 1892. After several years of working as a draftsman in Chicago, Bluemner returned to New York in 1900. In1903 the architect Michael Garvin hired Bluemner to design the Bronx Borough Courthouse with the promise that he would credit Bluemner and split the commission with him if the proposal was approved. When Garvin submitted the design solely in his name and won the commission, a dispute developed that lead to a lawsuit. Although Bluemner won, the experience turned him away from architecture.Between 1908 and 1910, Bluemner made sketching trips throughout New Jersey and Long Island. In 1908, he met Alfred Stieglitz, who sparked his interest in the artistic innovations of the European and American avantgarde. In 1912 he began painting in earnest. Bluemner contributed one landscape to the 1913 Armory Show and wrote an article defending modernism for Stieglitz’s progressive publication Camera Work. He had solo shows at Stieglitz’s 291 gallery in 1915 and at the Intimate Gallery in 1928. His work was well received by critics, yet Bluemner’s mistrust of dealers hampered his ability to achieve financial success.Fascinated with the formal, emotional, and spiritual qualities of strong color, Bluemner dubbed himself the “Vermillionaire” in reference to his reliance on bright red hues. Until the 1920s, he focused on tightly structured, often architectural compositions in the cubist manner. As his career progressed, he found inspiration in classical music and Freudian concepts of the subconscious. His later landscape compositions in oil or casein, on which he often bestowed titles alluding to music, became more abstract, displaying heightened emotional content, simplified masses, and pulsating color.In 1926, Bluemner moved to South Braintree, Massachusetts, to live in virtual seclusion. He continued to paint and exhibit until he was involved in a disabling auto accident in 1935. Bluemner died by his own hand in 1938. RETURNS AND PAYMENT The payment must be proceeded within 6 days. As soon as your payment is received, I will inform you. The painting will be shipped within 2-3 working days.The painting will be shipped with german air post service and ensured. I inform the buyer and give the tracking number at once after it is shipped. The buyer has the possibility to return the painting within 6 days after receiving the painting, having informed me on e-mail first. The cost of shipping is payed by the buyer. !!! read more

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