Werner VON PIGAE (1888-1959), Studie 'Sitzender... Lot 432594

Werner VON PIGAE (1888-1959), Studie 'Sitzender Akt' / A study of 'A sitting nude', Breslau, 1908 Technique: lead and charcoal on paper, Signature: signed 'Werner v. Pigage, dated (19)'08' lower right, inscribed 'Modell: Hartmann', inscribed 'Hartmann ist später selbst Prof. Kaempffers Schüler geworden' lower left, Dimensions: 64.5 x 43 cm, Condition: old glued, torn, heavily damaged, Literature: 'Werner v. Pigage - Ein Malerleben in Deutschland 1888-1954', catalog Hubert Vogler Collection - Claus Reisinger, Worms 2014, p. 62, SVR-008, Comment: Pigage was a German painter. After training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Breslau under Arnold Busch, among others, he worked as a decorative painter and draughtsman from 1910. The nude study shown here is a work from his time as a student in Wroclaw (1906-1910).