Carl Buchheister Lot n° 1515

Carl Buchheister 1890 Hanover - 1964 Hanover - "Linienkomposition Slovil 1960" - Mixed media/cardboard on white primed wood. 25 x 34 cm (cardboard). 30.5 x 42 cm (wood). Signed, inscribed, titled, dated and inscribed on the reverse of the card: Carl Buchheister / Hannover / Linienkomposition Slovil 1960 / 25/34 cm / Allemagne. Gallery frame. - Lit.: Buchheister / Kemp no. 42 Buchheister studied at the Berlin Kunstgewerbemuseum. He settled in Hanover as a freelance artist and founded the artists' association "Die Abstrakten Hannover" in 1927, together with Kurt Schwitters and others. He was also a member of the Parisian group "Abstraction-Création". After 1945, Buchheister lived and worked in seclusion and from 1958 he spent half the year in France. His works are represented in international collections.