George Scholz
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George Scholz

~ 1890 – 1945 Georg Scholz was a German painter, member of the New Objectivity movement. Scholz was born in Wolfenbüttel and had his artistic training at the Karlsruhe Academy, where his teachers included Hans Thoma and Wilhelm Trübner. He later studied in Berlin under Lovis Corinth. In…

Montorgueil Mystery
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Montorgueil Mystery

For years, I’ve been chasing answers about the enigmatic Bernard Montorgueil, and one puzzle keeps me up at night: the variations in his artwork. Most fans know his four manuscripts, published in 1970 by Editions Dominique Leroy in limited editions for the Netherlands and later…

Hartmut von Altrock
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Hartmut von Altrock

~ 1931 – 2014 German painter and printmaker Hartmut von Altrock, born in Breslau and later based in Berlin and the French Auvergne, is best known to the wider art world for his delicate cityscapes, intimate interiors, and flower still-lifes.Under the pseudonym Max von Strauch,…

Gaston Barret
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Gaston Barret

~ 1910 – 1991 Gaston Barret entered the world in 1910, stepping into the electric haze of the 1920s—a decade where art pulsed with both promise and shadow. The early 20th century’s bold innovations ripened during his youth, as the 1920s and ’30s saw trailblazing…

Joop Moesman
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Joop Moesman

~ 1909 – 1988 Johannes Hendrikus (Joop) Moesman was a Dutch surreal painter, calligrapher, typographer and type designer. Initially he worked as a draftsman at the Dutch Railways. His father, Johannes Anthonius Moesman, was a draftsman, lithographer, stone printer and amateur photographer. The self-taught Moesman…