Robert Pudlich, Painter and Model, 1929, Oil Painting on Canvas, Framed

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Robert Pudlich

Düsseldorf 1905 - 1962

Painter and Model, 1929

Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right
Size: 116 … Read more Robert Pudlich

Düsseldorf 1905 - 1962

Painter and Model, 1929

Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right
Size: 116 x 70 cm
Frame: 126 x 81 cm

Original frame

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from 1924 to 1926, Pudlich studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, where he attended Lothar von Kunowski's class. In 1927, he passed the examination for advanced drawing teachers. In 1928, he undertook a study trip to the South of France. In the same year, he received the Grand Art Prize of the City of Düsseldorf. Pudlich was associated with the art dealer Johanna Ey. He was a member of the Rhenish Secession, the Rhine Group, and the German Artists' Association. In 1937, his works were classified as degenerate art. from this year onward, he received invitations to the International Exhibition of Paintings of the Carnegie Institution for Science in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1939, the city of Düsseldorf honored him with the Cornelius Prize for his painting "Lady in Blue." from 1942 to 1946, Pudlich lived at Libermé Castle in Kettenis near Eupen. He had come to the moated castle, belonging to a relative of Edwin Suermondt's widow, through the mediation of the Düsseldorf gallery owner Alex Vömel, who had married Suermondt's widow in 1927. Helmut Weitz also lived there in internal exile. In exchange for firewood and food, the two gave the future painter Adolf Christmann his first drawing lessons.

After the Second World War, from 1947 onward, Pudlich designed stage sets and costumes for productions by Gustaf Gründgens in Düsseldorf and Hamburg, as well as for the Berlin Municipal Opera. During this time, he created a series of monumental murals, including one for the Düsseldorf Opera House. In 1951 he was appointed a juror for the art exhibition "Iron and Steel". In 1955 he accepted a professorship at the Düsseldorf Art Academy. He died in Düsseldorf after a short illness. This piece has an attribution mark,
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