Lot description
ARTIST: Otto Kirchner (Germany, 1887 - 1960) TITLE: Gentleman with Pipe and Glass of Wine MEDIUM: oil on board CONDITION: Missing a few flakes of paint. Some craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light. Minor damages to frame. ART SIZE: 7 x 6 inches / 17 x 15 cm FRAME SIZE: 11 x 10 inches / 27 x 25 cm SIGNATURE: upper right LOCATION: This lot is located at our Mamaroneck, NY office. NAME VARIANTS: Otto Kirschner, Otto Kirshner CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART WANTED: Consign, Trade In, Cash Offer SKU#: 150372 US SHIPPING: $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: German portrait and genre painter Otto Kirchner was born in 1887 in Eckartshausen, Lower Franconia. From 1908 to 1909 Kirchner was a student of a private drawing school in Dusseldorf. In the years from 1910 to 1911 he took a study trip to Italy and Switzerland. In 1913 Kirchner studied at the Munich Academy under Martin Feuerstein. Kirchner first worked in religious painting, and in 1918 turned to genre. In 1919 he took part in the exhibitions in the Glaspalast Munich. Otto Kirchner passed away in 1960 in Munich.