Josef Scharl
Josef Scharl: Maschinist

Josef Scharl: Maschinist
SCHARL, JOSEF
1896 Munich - 1954 New York

Title: Maschinist.
Date: 1937.
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Measurement: 64 x 54cm.
Notation: Signed and dated lower right: Jos. Scharl (underlined) 1937.
Frame/Pedestal: Craftman's frame.

Provenance:
- Schmidt Collection, Münster (label)
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia

Exhibitions:
- Gallery Clasing, Münster 1946

Literature:
- Firmenich, Andrea (ed.): Josef Scharl - Monograph and catalogue raisonné, Cologne 1999, cat. rais. no. 316, ill.

- Typical expressionist portrait of a labourer with a strong individual character
- The work dates from the year before his emigration to the USA, when Scharl's hostility from the National Socialists was at its peak
- The pale complexion of the emaciated machinist stands in stark contrast to the rich red colour of the background

Explanations to the Catalogue

Josef Scharl
Germany
New Objectivity
Modern Art
1930s
Craftman's frame
Portrait
Painting
Oil
Man


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