Alfred Kohler, Stillleben

Alfred Kohler, Stillleben
Alfred Kohler, Still Life
single blossoms and leaves in front of an implied lake, watercolour of bright colours, c. 1970, signed "Kohler" lower right, on the frame back stamp "Alfred Kohler 1946-1984 Werksverzeichnis Nr." and handwritten "741", somewhat stained and wavy, framed under mount and behind glass, mount cut-out c. 59.5 x 45.5 cm. Artist info: Germ. Painter, mosaic designer and glass window designer (1916 Schwabach to 1984 Schwabach-Unterreichenbach), 1933-35 studied at the Staatsschule für angewandte Kunst (Kunstgewerbeschule) Nuremberg under Hans Werthner and Hermann Gradl, 1935-37 studied at the academy in Munich under Carl Caspar, 1938 returned to Schwabach, from 1938 ostracised as "degenerate" and banned from selling 1938-45, 1941 destruction of Schwabach studio by air raid, after 1945 founding member of the artists' association "Der Kreis" and the Schutzvereinigung Bildender Künstler, Member of the artist group "Die Hütte", 1949 founding member of the "Künstlerhilfe", 1959 working as an art teacher in Nuremberg, from 1960 bohemian life with changing working stays, 1974-75 working in Paris, 1975 return to Nuremberg and from 1981 resident in Schwabach, attended exhibitions in Nuremberg, Munich, Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam and Bologna, represented in the collections of the Louvre Paris, the Neue Pinakothek and the Städtische Galerie Munich as well as in the MoMA New York, Source: Wikipedia and article "Even the Louvre bought his paintings" by Friedrich Seyferth.