Forest slope with spruce and flowering rhododendron
Partikel Alfred (1888-1945)
First half of the 20th century
Partikel Alfred (1888-1945)
Forest slope with spruce and flowering rhododendron
First half of the 20th century
55 х 45 cm
Paper, watercolor, pastel
Alfred Partikel was born on 7 October 1888 in Goldap, East Prussia. Today this small town belongs to Poland, located on the Russian-Polish border. Alfred's school years were spent in Insterburg (now Chernyakhovsk). He then studied at the Academy of Arts in Königsberg before moving to Munich and then to Weimar to study at the Weimar School of Art.
Partickel served in the German army during World War I, and after the war he moved to Arenshop, a small fishing village on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
In 1929 he became professor of landscape painting at the Königsberg Academy of Fine Arts. He was a member of the Nydden Artists' Colony (now Nida, Lithuania).
His art was categorised as ‘Degenerate Art’, a term adopted by the Nazi regime in Germany to describe virtually all modern art.
Forest slope with spruce and flowering rhododendron
First half of the 20th century
55 х 45 cm
Paper, watercolor, pastel
Alfred Partikel was born on 7 October 1888 in Goldap, East Prussia. Today this small town belongs to Poland, located on the Russian-Polish border. Alfred's school years were spent in Insterburg (now Chernyakhovsk). He then studied at the Academy of Arts in Königsberg before moving to Munich and then to Weimar to study at the Weimar School of Art.
Partickel served in the German army during World War I, and after the war he moved to Arenshop, a small fishing village on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
In 1929 he became professor of landscape painting at the Königsberg Academy of Fine Arts. He was a member of the Nydden Artists' Colony (now Nida, Lithuania).
His art was categorised as ‘Degenerate Art’, a term adopted by the Nazi regime in Germany to describe virtually all modern art.