Bidspirit auction | Johannes Beutner

Johannes Beutner - Johannes Beutner, Portrait of Richard Gottschalk. 1933.. Johannes Beutner 1890 Cunnersdorf/Saxon Switzerland – 1960 Dresden Richard Gottschalk 1891 Dresden – 1971 Gevelsberg Oil on canvas. Signed and dated ”Joh Beutner 33.” lower right. Richard and Ella Gottschalk were close friends with the Beutner family. Through Richard Gottschalk, Johannes Beutner discovered his love for cycling. We thank Ms. Brigitte Beutner, Dresden, for her kind information. Image carrier with clear edge lesions. Paint layer with slight craquelure with cupping, more pronounced along vertical canvas threads. With isolated scratch marks and minimal paint losses. Whitish liquid stains in the right area. White paint flecks, especially on the right. Dimensions: 80 x 65 cm. Johannes Beutner 1890 Cunnersdorf/Saxon Switzerland – 1960 Dresden 1903–05 drawing lessons with Richard Müller in Loschwitz. 1905–06 attended the Art Academy with Robert Sterl. Afterwards apprenticeship and activity as a color etcher and chemographer, at the same time amateur bicycle racer. 1915–18 soldier. 1920–24 again at the Art Academy with Otto Hettner, later master student with Ludwig von Hofmann. 1932 in the artist circle ”Die aufrechten Sieben”, freelance. 1936 denounced as ”degenerate”. Worked as a travelling salesman, advertising painter, turner and toolmaker. 1945 loss of his studio with almost all works. 1951–57 artistically active in the reconstruction of Dresden and Berlin.