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Fritz Grotemeyer (1864-1947),

Sold for €1,700 at Historia Auctionata on Nov 14, 2020.

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Fritz Grotemeyer (1864-1947), German illustrator, portrait, history and war painter. Studied at the Berlin Academy under Meyerheim and later became a master student of Anton von Werner. From Kaiser Wilhelm II. Grotemeyer received the order of the crown for the painting ''The Peace Negotiations 1648 in the City Hall of Münster''. In the 1930s and 40s he received numerous orders for portraits, including Carol I of Romania and Adolf Hitler. Representative portrait of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in uniform on horseback. Oil on canvas, u. re. sign. u. dat. ''Grotemeyer 1939'', on the reverse of the original frame label of the art shipping company ''Gustav Knauer, Berlin Art Department'', craquelure in the upper area. 110 x 79 cm, framed. 122 x 92 cm

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