Robert Schmidt-Hamburg (Berlin 1885 - 1963 Laboe),... Lot 209

Robert Schmidt-Hamburg (Berlin 1885 - 1963 Laboe), , "Die SMS Karlsruhe hält im Südatlantik einen englischen Dampfer an", 1915, gouache on chamois-colored cardboard, signed and dated lower right, titled lower left, 48 x 61.5 cm, surprised by the outbreak of World War I, the SMS Karlsruhe brought up a total of 17 ships during its return voyage to Europe, precise depiction of the events, o. R. Provenance: Werner Collection, Neunkirchen. Limit 720,- >> German marine painter, self-taught, undertook numerous sea voyages until 1914 and spent 72 months as a sailor, 1914-16 as a volunteer on board the "Lothringen", from 1916 studio in Kiel, since the early 1920s in Laboe.