Bidspirit auction | Carl Buchheister

Carl Buchheister - Carl Buchheister 1890 Hanover - 1964 Hanover - Untitled - Ink and watercolor/paper on cardboard. 15 x 10.8 cm. 30 x 25.5 cm (overall size). Signed on the reverse: Carl Buchheister. Inscribed on the backing card: Viel Glück für 1964 / Carl u. Elisabeth Buchheister. Passepartout. Framed under glass. 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.