Conrad Felixmüller

(German, 1897–1977)

Conrad Felixmüller was a German Expressionist painter and printmaker best known for his colorful, graphic landscape and portrait work. His art from the 1930s onward demonstrated a more restrained color palette and a focus on realistic, genre-like representation—markedly less socio-critical than his early work. Born on May 21, 1897 in Dresden, Germany, he studied under Carl Bantzer at the Dresden Academy of Art and worked in the studio of Ludwig Meidner. In 1917, Felixmüller founded, and frequently published in, MENSCHEN, a monthly, politically progressive art and literature periodical. Two years later, he helped found the German Expressionist group, Dresden Secession, with Otto Schubert, and Otto Dix, a student of Felixmüller’s. Around the same time, the artist published an autobiography, Mein Werden, and his thoughts on artistic design, Künstlerische Gestaltung. Felixmüller’s paintings were shown in the Nazi exhibitions “Reflections of Decay” in 1933, and “Degenerate Art” in 1937, at which time his art was confiscated from public collections. He taught drawing and painting at Martin-Luther-Universität in Halle from 1949 to 1961 before retiring in Berlin. The artist died on March 24, 1977 in Berlin, Germany. Felixmüller’s works are in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, the Von der Heydt-Museum in Wuppertal, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among others.

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Drawings and Works on Paper, Impressionist and Modern Art, Prints and Multiples

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Carl Ludwig Noah Bantzer, Otto Dix, Ferdinand Dorsch, George Grosz, Ludwig Meidner

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5 Blatt Zeichnungen, 1933–1937

Conrad Felixmüller

5 Blatt Zeichnungen, 1933–1937

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Der alte Kohlenarbeiter, 1921

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Der alte Kohlenarbeiter, 1921

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Christian Rohlfs

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Christian Rohlfs

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Stillende Mutter, 1921

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Stillende Mutter, 1921

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Sonne über Bergen, 1938

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Sonne über Bergen, 1938

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Wintertag auf der Zeche, 1922

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Wintertag auf der Zeche, 1922

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Otto Dix zeichnet, 1920

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Otto Dix zeichnet, 1920

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Berlin-Zehlendorf, Bushaltestelle..., 1970–1971

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Berlin-Zehlendorf, Bushaltestelle..., 1970–1971

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Nackter Rücken (Nude Back), 1927

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Nackter Rücken (Nude Back), 1927

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Eating couple. 1918, 1918

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Eating couple. 1918, 1918

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ABC (portfolio of 15), 1925

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ABC (portfolio of 15), 1925

Sale Date: May 30, 2022

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Kornpuppen in trüber Landschaft (Klotzsche)..., 1925

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Kornpuppen in trüber Landschaft (Klotzsche)..., 1925

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Der alte Kohlenarbeiter, 1921

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Der alte Kohlenarbeiter, 1921

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Geliebte Frau, 1921

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Geliebte Frau, 1921

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Bildnis Fräulein Else Geissler, Klotzsche, 1929

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Bildnis Fräulein Else Geissler, Klotzsche, 1929

Sale Date: June 11, 2022

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Balkon am Abend, 1918

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Balkon am Abend, 1918

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Ma bonne l’onde, 1926

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Ma bonne l’onde, 1926

Sale Date: May 31, 2022

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Sommertag über der Ostsee, 1953

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Sommertag über der Ostsee, 1953

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Die Handarbeit (Nähende: Frau von Katte), 1937

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Die Handarbeit (Nähende: Frau von Katte), 1937

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Kohlenbergarbeiter, 1921

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Kohlenbergarbeiter, 1921

Sale Date: May 5, 2022

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Fischer von Helgoland, 1924–1945

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Fischer von Helgoland, 1924–1945

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Frau am Morgen (mit Handspiegel), 1923

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Frau am Morgen (mit Handspiegel), 1923

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Der Sohn., 1919

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Der Sohn., 1919

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Selbstbildnis mit Frau, 1910–1934

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Selbstbildnis mit Frau, 1910–1934

Sale Date: May 7, 2022

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