Lothar Schreyer (1886 - 1966) (attributed)
Untitled (Geometric Composition), probably 1920s

Oil on canvas. 63 x 94 cm. Verso, on two paper labels, differently numbered typographically: 0026 and 3014, inscribed on the stretcher: Fräulein Paulsen. Steglitz Sedan Str. 14 (pencil). Framed and described as such.

Provenance:
From the estate of the Paulsen family, with whom Lothar Schreyer maintained close contact throughout his life (cf. Schreyer, Lothar: Erinnerungen an Sturm und Bauhaus. Was ist des Menschen Bild?, Munich 1956, p. 106).
Research in the Berlin archive confirms that Prof. Wilhelm Paulsen resided at the address given in Berlin-Steglitz in 1923.
An oil painting signed by Schreyer was also part of the same collection.
Furthermore, the Paulsen family was in the personal circle of Herwarth Walden, the founder of the journal 'Der Sturm'.

Lothar Schreyer was a multifaceted figure of the historical avant-garde and is considered one of the most important representatives of German Expressionism. As a painter, graphic artist, stage reformer, and writer, he moved within the circle of Expressionist artists around the journal Der Sturm and developed a strongly spiritually influenced conception of art and theater. In the early 1920s, Schreyer worked at the Bauhaus in Weimar, where he headed the stage workshop and pursued his idea of a cultic-symbolic theater. Simultaneously, he created a distinctive body of graphic and painted work characterized by reduced forms, intense color contrasts, and a mystical-religious visual language. Schreyer's works combine Expressionist formal rigor with a metaphysical dimension and occupy a unique position within the art of classical modernism. His works are now represented in important public and private collections and are increasingly recognized as a significant contribution to the spiritual current of the European avant-garde.

Reserve price: 6,000 €