Bidspirit auction | Karl Sodemann

Karl Sodemann - Karl Sodemann ”On the Werra”. 1945.. Karl Sodemann 1888 Berlin – 1953 Eisenach Oil on canvas, laid on plywood. Signed lower left and extensively dated ”[Kar] l Sodemann 4.6.1945”. Verso green primed, upper right titled, indistinctly inscribed below. In a wooden frame. Support reduced in size, minimally light-edged. A vertical fold in the sky area upper left. Signature in the area of the first name partially lost due to the size reduction. Dimensions: 38.5 x 46.2 cm, frame 49.6 x 57.2 cm. Karl Sodemann 1888 Berlin – 1953 Eisenach Initially learned painting in his parents' business. Studied painting in Berlin and Munich. Moved to Thuringia in 1922. Worked, among other things, as a miner, powder manufacturer, film projectionist and vocational school teacher to finance his artistic work.