The Path Through the Trees - watercolour on paper by Alfred Lomnitz (1892 - 1953)
The Path Through the Trees - watercolour on paper by Alfred Lomnitz (1892 - 1953)
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Depicting a forked pathway among trees, freely painted in vibrant watercolours. Signed lower right 'LOM'
Germany, circa 1920s
Provenance: John Denham Gallery, London; private collection
Exhibited: John Denham Gallery, London, 'Alfred Lomnitz 1892-1953: Paintings, Drawings, Prints', 1986, no.5 (by repute)
Known as 'Lom', the artist exhibited across Germany during the 1920s and '30s, before moving to Britain in 1933 to escape Nazi persecution. Lom was interned at Huyton Camp during the War, alongside other emigre artists such as John Heartfield, Martin Bloch and Hugo Dachinger, and wrote a memoir of his time there 'Never Mind, Mr Lom', published in 1941. A number of his works are in the Ben Uri Gallery & Museum collection, where he also received a retrospective exhibition in 1954.
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Known as 'Lom', the artist exhibited across Germany during the 1920s and '30s, before moving to Britain in 1933 to escape Nazi persecution. Lom was interned at Huyton Camp during the War, alongside other emigre artists such as John Heartfield, Martin Bloch and Hugo Dachinger, and wrote a memoir of his time there 'Never Mind, Mr Lom', published in 1941. A number of his works are in the Ben Uri Gallery & Museum collection, where he also received a retrospective exhibition in 1954.){kind=link}