1930's Garden Painting by Richard Kollorsz
1930's Garden Painting by Richard Kollorsz
Oil on canvas California cottage garden scene in 1930. Richard Franz Kollorsz was born on April 2, 1900, in the county of Ruckers, near Breslau, in German Silesia. His brother and his father were both painters. He studied at the Classical Gymnasium in Ruckers, and attended the Art Academy in Breslau. After World War I, he attended the Kunstakademie in Dresden for seven years and while there obtained first hand knowledge of traditional painting techniques and was influenced by the New Realism movement. He traveled to Rome on a scholarship and returned to Dresden where he entered the master class of Otto Dix, one of Germany's most important twentieth century painters and the leader of the New Realism movement. Kollorsz later directed this master class himself.
DIMENSIONS
Height: 33.50 in. (85.09 cm) Width: 33.50 in. (85.09 cm) Depth: 2.25 in. (5.72 cm)
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES
Canvas, Wood, Paint
PLACE OF ORIGIN
North America
PERIOD
20th Century
DATE OF MANUFACTURE
1930
CONDITION
Good. Wear consistent with age and use.