Bruno Krauskopf, Post-Impressionist Portrait of an Elderly Woman, 20th Century, Oil on Masonite, Framed

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Beautiful large post-impressionist oil painting on masonite, with a frame from the 1940s, depicting the portrait … Read more Description of the item:
Beautiful large post-impressionist oil painting on masonite, with a frame from the 1940s, depicting the portrait of an elderly woman seated, signed "B. Krauskopf" in the upper right corner. Bruno Krauskopf was a German painter born in 1892 and died in 1960. On Art Price, we found his registered signature, which is practically identical to the one on our painting. Furthermore, the color palette used for our painting is very similar to that used in most of this artist's works. The painting can be dated to around 1940 and 1950, and the evident patina covering the canvas is perfectly in line with our dating. The signature is under the patina; in fact, under a Wood's lamp, it does not change color and remains opaque and covered by the patina, which is not the case for fake signatures added after the painting was executed. For all these reasons, even though we do not have a certificate of authenticity for the work, we believe it to be a 100% original painting of great artistic importance for art lovers and collectors.

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Our research shows that the first eight auction results for Bruno Krauskopf range from €13,000 to €23,000, excluding auction fees of 25-30%. Please note that these results are quite dated and, when adjusted for inflation, would undoubtedly be much higher today. For paintings of the same size, depicting very similar portraits, auction results range from €5,000 to €11,000, again excluding auction fees, based mainly on the importance of the auction house that sold the work. In our opinion, our painting is one of the most beautiful portraits of the same size by the artist and is very similar in artistic quality and beauty to those sold for between €9,000 and €11,000.

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Bruno Krauskopf was born on March 9, 1892, in the city of Marienburg, West Prussia. At the age of fourteen, he moved to Berlin to begin an apprenticeship as a chromolithographer. A scholarship enabled him to begin studying at the Königliches Kunstgewerbemuseum under Professor Doeppler in 1910. Between 1913 and 1920, he began his graphic art career, mainly producing lithographs, but also woodcuts and linocuts. In 1916, Krauskopf joined the Freie Berliner Sezession, but Lovis Corinth soon convinced him to switch to the Berliner Sezession. In 1918, he was elected to the board of directors and the jury, where he remained until 1933, exhibiting his works at the annual exhibitions. Krauskopf participated in the founding of the Novembergruppe and was a member of its working committee, together with Max Pechstein, Rudolf Belling, and Erich Mendelsohn. By the early 1920s, Krauskopf's painting style had changed: his color palette became fresher and brighter, and his impasto technique indicated a stronger inclination towards Impressionism. Solo exhibitions followed at the Flechtheim, Gurlitt, and Victor Hartberg galleries in Berlin. Numerous awards testify to Krauskopf's growing success. Trips to Poland and France between 1927 and 1932 inspired the artist's work, but his success came to an abrupt end with the rise to power of the Nazis. When he refused to conform to the official style, his art was declared "degenerate." The political pressure soon became unbearable and Krauskopf emigrated to Norway in 1933, settling in Stavanger. Here he was surrounded by a landscape that perfectly suited his inclinations in terms of light, color, and tectonics. However, this quiet life, in which he could concentrate on his work, did not last long, as Norway was occupied and he had to leave again. He went to America, where it took him some time to be accepted. Two New York galleries introduced Krauskopf to the American art world, and by 1952 he was already being celebrated as a contemporary American artist at the Carnegie International Exhibition in Pittsburgh. In 1957, Krauskopf returned to Berlin, where he died three years later, on December 23, 1960, following a serious illness. Krauskopf always considered himself a painter "who only knows how to paint and nothing else," a dedication and passion evident in his work.

Total weight of the painting: 3.419 kg


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