Heinrich Steiner, Stillleben mit Blumenvase

Heinrich Steiner, Stillleben mit Blumenvase
Heinrich Steiner, Still Life with Flower Vase
Vase with flowers standing on a table in a suggested interior, graphite on paper, c. 1980, signed by hand lower right "HSteiner", titled in lead on mount "Stilleben mit Blumenvase", framed under mount and behind glass, mount cut-out c. 12.5 x 16 cm, enclosed short letter by the artist with copied drawing, framed under mount and behind glass. Artist info: Germ. Painter and graphic artist (1911 Kaiserslautern to 2009 Rome), from 1926 attended the School of Applied Arts in Hamburg-Altona, 1927-29 apprenticeship at the Hamburg State Theatre and at the State Opera in Berlin, 1929-32 stage painter at the Theater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich, studied at the Academy of Arts in Munich under Karl Caspar, 1934-38 freelance painter in Düsseldorf, 1938 moved to Florence, Studied at the Academy in Florence with Felice Carena, 1939 joint exhibition with Rudolf Levy and Eduard Bargheer, 1946 took part in the Venice Biennale, 1948-49 lived in Venice, 1950 returned to Germany, member of the Palatinate Secession, 1959-74 taught at the private Anna Schmidt School in Frankfurt am Main, 1966 built a summer house in Liguria, from 1974 lived permanently in Italy. Source: Vollmer, Matrikeln der Münchner Akademie and Wikipedia.