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March Issue 2004
Ann Long Fine Art in Charleston, SC, Presents
Otto Neumann: Figurative Monotypes
Ann Long Fine Art in Charleston, SC, will exhibit the modern figurative
monotypes of Otto Neumann (1895 - 1975) through Mar. 15, 2004.
A contemporary of Matisse, Henry Moore and Picasso, Neumann displays
the stylistic trends characteristic of this period in a collection
of artwork never viewed by any public or private collector. Already
found in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art,
the Art institute of Chicago and the Staatliche Graphische in
Munich, Germany, Neumann's work has proven to be recognized and
consistently collected by the world's most prestigious institutions.
Collectors are invited to join us at Ann Long Fine Art for this
exceptional opportunity to purchase work from the estate of this
Modern 20th Century master.
Neumann was born in Heidelberg, Germany in 1895. He began his
artistic training at the Academieder Bildenden Kunst and studied
with several noted German artists. His long career began in 1919
and went through a constant series of changes from medium and
subject matter.
David Sokol, the curator of the estate and Chairman of the Art
Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago, posits, "However,
it was in the 1950s that Neumann's obsession with the neoclassically
rendered figure was re-awakened. His new focus manifested itself
in more direct, albeit elegantly drawn handling of classical motifs
and forms. The artist studied ancient Greek vases and the simple,
lined forms that graced their sides. Neumann's figures are modernized
versions of his Greek models. They reveal the influence of a modern
stylistic trend that he admired in the work of such diverse contemporaries
as Picasso, Matisse and Henry Moore. Later in life, especially
after the death of his wife, Neumann's trademark monotypes and
hand pulled woodblocks and Iinocuts became ever more abstract.
Neumann died on January 2, 1975 in Munich."
What is a monotype? Neumann's monotypes can be described as a
print (but only one impression was taken) made by painting on
glass, wood or linoleum block and then transferring the painting
to paper by hand-pressure and manually pulled.
For more information check our SC Commercial Gallery listings
or call the gallery at 843/577-0447 or at (www.annlongfineart.com).
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