1974. Oil/wood. 30 x 40 cm. Lo. le. sign. and dat. C. Felixmüller 1974. - Provenance: 1986 as a gift from the artist's son, Titus Felixmüller, to the consigner in gratitude for many years of cooperation with the estate. - German expressionist painter. F. studied at the Dresden academy under C. Bantzer. He was author of the journal 'Der Sturm', co-founder and chairman of the Dresden secession as well as member of the Novembergruppe. After the war he became professor at the university Halle. After painting sociocritical paintings in his early career he began to develop a more settled style since 1930. Mus.: Berlin (Neue Nat.-Gal.), Dresden (Gem.-Gal. Neue Meister), Stuttgart (Staatsgal.), Wuppertal (Von-der-Heydt-Mus.), Hannover (Sprengel-Mus.) , Darmstadt, Bielefeld, Altenburg, Cottbus a. others. Lit.: AKL, Vollmer.