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3227* WALTER JACOB(Altenburg 1893 - 1964 Hindelang)
Landscape. 1923.
Oil on board.
Monogrammed and dated lower left:
W.J.23.
71 x 99 cm.
The authenticity of the work has been
confirmed by Stefan Pigur, September
2016.
Provenance:
- Private collection, Switzerland.
- Private collection, Geneva.
The German Expressionist Walter Jacob
found joy in art early on in life and began to
draw at a young age. For Jacob the desire
to become an artist was so strong that he
broke off three different apprenticeships.
This resulted in financial difficulties, which
he was only able to survive by means of
odd jobs and commissions. Since he could
not afford oil paints at that time, he mainly
produced drawings. During the First World
War, Jacob volunteered for service, but
was then injured, which led to a lengthy
convalescence in the military hospital.
Once the war ended, he began his studies
at the Dresden Academy and took part in
several exhibitions, where he made con-
tact with Kokoschka and Dix.
The two paintings presented here were
produced in 1923. Jacob spent the winter
of that year in Oberaudorf, in the Bavarian
pre-Alps, where he turned away from city
life. Whereas his previous subjects had
primarily dealt with the war, the city and the
Passion of Christ, his expressive painting
from that time focuses on the landscape
there and is characterised by a blue-green
palette.
CHF 8 000 / 10 000
(€ 7 410 / 9 260)