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788 - Fritz Schwimbeck*
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Estimate €400 - €600
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Fritz Schwimbeck* (Munich 1889 – 1977 Friedberg) Ghost of the Well etching on paper, 27 x 20.2 cm signed F Schwimbeck, inscribed ‘Brunnengespenst’ ESTIMATE €400 – €600 STARTING PRICE €400 Fritz Schwimbeck was a German painter, graphic artist and art educator associated with the New Objectivity movement, specialising in fantastical illustrations, bookplates and uncanny scenes. Born in Munich in 1889, the son of a teacher, he attended schools in Friedberg and Augsburg, studied drawing at the Technical University of Munich from 1908 to 1912, taught himself etching under the guidance of his uncle Friedrich Bodenmüller, taught at secondary schools in Edenkoben, Munich, and Bamberg from 1916, illustrated books by Gustav Meyrink and E.T.A. Hoffmann from 1919, became a senior teacher at the Luisengymnasium in Munich in 1925, led study trips to Greece and Egypt, and spent his retirement in Friedberg from 1945 onwards. Schwimbeck created sombre etchings, book illustrations and oil paintings characterised by sharp lines, expressionist shadows and psychological tension, influenced by Albrecht Dürer, fantasy literature and Munich Modernism; cycles such as ‘Becoming-Passing Away’, bookplates and still lifes displaying the clarity of New Objectivity and visionary intensity. Further artists and styles: Friedrich Bodenmüller, Gustav Meyrink, Lion Feuchtwanger, New Objectivity, Munich Artists’ Association, Fantastic Graphics, Bookplate Art, Gustav Meyrink, William Shakespeare, Heinrich von Kleist, Edgar Allan Poe, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Bram Stoker, Expressionism PLEASE NOTE: The purchase price comprises the highest bid plus the buyer’s premium, VAT and, where applicable, the artists’ resale rights fee and platform fee. In the case of standard taxation (marked °), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax of 13 per cent (20 per cent for photographs) is added to the sum of the highest bid, the buyer’s premium and the platform fee. The buyer’s premium amounts to 28 per cent in the case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.
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Auction time 09/30/2026 at 10:00 AM
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