HAND SIGNED Heinsheimer ~ GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST ~ 1925 Etching Judaica DEGENERATE

Description: An interesting German Expressionist etching and drypoint by German/Jewish artist Fritz Heinsheimer (1897-1958). It is hand signed in pencil and dated 1925 by the artist, the reverse bears the collection stamp of William P. Moor. The plate measures 5 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches, sheet size is approx. 8 1/2 x 10 inches with deckel edges on two sides. It is printed on fine laid paper with a partial watermark, I think for Van Gelder, and is in pristine condition, no mat burn or tape residue - it does not appear to have ever been framed or matted. Fritz (Friedrich Max) Heinsheimer (1897-1958) was a German Jewish painter and graphic artist. Born in Mosbach, he gained a reputation for himself during the Weimar Republic. Heinsheimer was a soldier in World War I in Russia and France from 1915 to 1917 and was ultimately seriously wounded near Verdun. From 1917 to 1921 he was a student of Angelo Jank in Munich and from 1925 to 1932 he was a master student of Max Slevogt in Berlin. His art was very well received in the 20s and 30s of the last century before he had to endure persecution as a Jew in the 3rd Reich. Despite his having been baptized as a Protestant by his far seeing Jewish parents, Heinsheimer was banned from exhibiting during the Nazi era from 1933 onward because of his Jewish descent (“full Jew” according to the Nuremberg Race Laws). Because of his military awards from the First World War, he was initially able to continue using his studio and carry out private assignments. In 1936 the painter was expelled from the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts and, as part of the “Degenerate Art” campaign in 1937, one of his watercolors was confiscated by the National Socialists from the city of Berlin, in 1939 he was finally banned from any artistic activity at all. In 1942, fearing deportation to a camp, he fled to France where he survived under the name Fernand Husser in Brittany and Paris. After the war he was was unable to regain the artistic recognition he had previously known.

Price: 175 USD

Location: Spring Hill, Florida

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