Lot: 7374
Date of sale: 30. Tue Jan 2024
Otto Theodor W. Stein (1877-195
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Otto Theodor W. Stein (1877-1958), German-Bohemian draughtsman and painter, studied painting in Vienna, Prague, Karlsruhe and Paris. In 1913 Stein was co-founder of the Munich New Secession. He lived in Chemnitz-Kaßberg and later in Berlin. His patrons included Wolfgang Gurlitt and Heinrich Barchfeld. After the National Socialists seized power, he emigrated to Prague and was persecuted for his Jewish origins and imprisoned in the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Female figure in profile, oil on canvas, unsigned, formerly rolled, mounted, retouched, needs cleaning, 65 x 44 cm
Category: Art of the 19th/20th century century
