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PECHSTEIN, HERMANN MAX

* 31.12.1881 Zwickau, † 29.06.1955 Berlin

Hermann Max Pechstein was born in Zwickau on 31 December 1881, the son of a textile worker. After an apprenticeship as a decorative painter, he studied at the Dresden School of Applied Arts. In 1906 Pechstein, by then a talented artist, left the Academy of Fine Arts with the highest distinction as a star pupil of Otto Gussmann. Due to his acquaintance with Erich Heckel and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, he joined the first Expressionist artists' group Die Brücke in 1907. In 1910 he participated in the founding of the Neue Secession in Berlin, which aimed to establish Expressionism in Germany. A year later he married Charlotte Kaprolat, and they had a son. His visit to the South Seas was interrupted by the outbreak of the First World War. Pechstein returned to Berlin and enlisted for military service. In 1918 he participated in the founding of the radical and revolutionary Novembergruppe, which was open to all contemporary styles. In 1923 he separated from his wife and married Marta Möller, and together they had a second son. In the same year, he became a professor at the Prussian Academy of Arts.

When the National Socialists seized power in 1933, Pechstein lost his job and was banned from painting. In 1937, 326 of his works were confiscated and condemned as degenerate art. After the end of the Second World War, he was appointed as a teacher at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Berlin. The colour-intensive figure paintings, still lifes and landscapes are typical of Pechstein. During his stay as a young artist in Paris in 1907 he was soon influenced by the Fauvists and the works of Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse and Paul Gauguin. For him, his experience of nature and those who lived in nature as encountered on his numerous journeys, were an inexhaustible source of inspiration and an area for artistic experimentation. During his stays in the artists' colony of Nidden between 1909 and 1939, he developed a fondness for seascapes. Pechstein always preferred regions that had remained completely untouched by tourism. Many of his works were created on the Pomeranian coast, the Curonian Spit and in Liguria. He found a perfect harmony between man and nature, which is reflected in his works from 1917 onwards, on the South Sea island of Palau. Deserted and dramatic landscapes reflect his experiences with the National Socialists in his later works. Hermann Max Pechstein, German painter and graphic artist and one of the best-known exponents of Expressionism, died in West Berlin on 29 June 1955.

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Lot 6652* - ibid149 Impressionist & Modern Art - online only - Thursday 05 December 2024, 04.00 PM

HERMANN MAX PECHSTEIN

(Zwickau 1881–1955 Berlin)
At the harvest. 1949.
Pencil on paper.
Signed and dated lower right: HMPechstein 1949.
25.7 x 33.5 cm.

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Lot 3235* - Z37 Impressionist & Modern Art - Friday 05 December 2014, 04.00 PM

HERMANN MAX PECHSTEIN

(Zwickau 1881–1955 Berlin)
Sonnenkringel. Ca. 1919.
Oil on canvas.
Signed at the top left: HMPechstein, as well as designated verso: Sonnenkringel.
81.5 x 70.5 cm.

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Lot 3523* - A193 Impressionist & Modern Art - Friday 03 July 2020, 04.00 PM

HERMANN MAX PECHSTEIN

(Zwickau 1881–1955 Berlin)
Fischerfrauen (fisherwomen). Circa 1920.
Oil on cardboard.
Signed upper left: HMPechstein.
52.2 × 45.9 cm

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Lot 3224 - Z32 Impressionist & Modern Art - Friday 22 June 2012, 04.50 PM

HERMANN MAX PECHSTEIN

(Zwickau 1881–1955 Berlin)
Pommersche Fischerkaten. 1927.
Öl auf Leinwand.
Unten rechts signiert und datiert: HM Pechstein 1927. Verso bezeichnet: HMPechstein / Berlin W. 62. / Kurfürstenstr. 126 / Pommersche Fischerkaten-.
51 x 71,5 cm.

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Lot 3231* - A181 Impressionist & Modern Art - Friday 30 June 2017, 02.00 PM

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(Zwickau 1881–1955 Berlin)
Sommerabend. 1927.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated lower left: HMPechstein / 1927, as well as on the reverse signed, titled and with the address of the artist.
90 x 117 cm.

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Lot 3241* - Z36 Impressionist & Modern Art - Friday 27 June 2014, 05.00 PM

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(Zwickau 1881–1955 Berlin)
Morgen in Hendaye. 1931.
Öl auf Leinwand.
Unten rechts signiert und datiert: HMPechstein 1931. Verso auf der Leinwand bezeichnet: HMPechstein Berlin W.62. Kurfürstenstr. 126 Morgen in Hendaye.
70 x 80 cm.

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Lot 3244* - A209 Impressionist & Modern Art - Friday 21 June 2024, 05.00 PM

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(Zwickau 1881–1955 Berlin)
Still life with Chinese Buddha. 1924.
Oil on canvas.
Monogrammed and dated lower left: HMP 1924.
96.5 × 70 cm.

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Lot 3522 - A193 Impressionist & Modern Art - Friday 03 July 2020, 04.00 PM

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(Zwickau 1881–1955 Berlin)
Päonien mit Margritten. 1926.
Watercolour and pencil on paper.
Signed and dated lower right: HMPechstein 1926. Titled on the reverse: Päonien mit Margritten.
60 × 49 cm.

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Lot 3252 - A209 Impressionist & Modern Art - Friday 21 June 2024, 05.00 PM

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(Zwickau 1881–1955 Berlin)
Fishermen's cottages. 1930.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated lower left: HMPechstein 1930. Entitled, signed and inscribed verso: - Fischer Katen - / HMPechstein / Berlin W.62. / Kurfürstenstr. 126.
51.2 × 65.2 cm.

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Lot 3246 - A209 Impressionist & Modern Art - Friday 21 June 2024, 05.00 PM

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(Zwickau 1881–1955 Berlin)
Cutter at Leba harbour. 1935.
Watercolour on paper.
Signed and dated lower right: HMPechstein / 1935.
60 × 76 cm.

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Lot 3054 - Z19 Impressionist & Modern Art - Wednesday 07 December 2005, 03.30 PM

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(Zwickau 1881–1955 Berlin)
Chiemseelandschaft. 1957.
Aquarell auf Papier.
Unten rechts signiert: HM Pechstein.
48,5 x 63,7 cm (Lichtmass).

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Lot 3212 - A187 Impressionist & Modern Art - Friday 07 December 2018, 04.00 PM

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(Zwickau 1881–1955 Berlin)
Quell in Positano (Vom Hang) (Spring in Positano (from the hillside)). 1925.
Coloured chalk on paper.
Inscribed, signed and dated lower right: Vom Hang / HMPechstein / 1925.
49 x 40.3 cm.

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Lot 3296* - Z25 Impressionist & Modern Art - Friday 05 December 2008, 04.00 PM

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(Zwickau 1881–1955 Berlin)
Landschaft am Koser See (Pommern). 1941.
Kreidezeichnung.
Unten rechts signiert und datiert: HM Pechstein 41.
28,5 x 38cm.

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Lot 3223* - A195 Impressionist & Modern Art - Friday 04 December 2020, 04.00 PM

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(Zwickau 1881–1955 Berlin)
Susanne im Bade IV (Susanne in the bath IV). 1917.
Ink on japan paper.
Monogrammed and dated lower right: HMP 1917.
30 × 33 cm.

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Lot 3358* - Z32 PostWar & Contemporary - Friday 22 June 2012, 05.25 PM

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(Zwickau 1881–1955 Berlin)
Konrads Blumen. 2006.
Öl auf Leinwand.
Verso auf Leinwand betitelt und signiert: Konrads Blumen Martin Herler '06.
170 x 170 cm.

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Lot 3260 - Z30 Impressionist & Modern Art - Friday 24 June 2011, 04.00 PM

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(Zwickau 1881–1955 Berlin)
Portrait von Dr. August Ochsenbein.
Öl auf Leinwand.
Unten rechts signiert und datiert: MPechstein 1942. Verso eigenhändig auf Leinwand bezeichnet: Dr. Aug. Pechstein Dez. 1942 M Pechstein Berlin W. 62 Kurfürstenstr 126.
52,5 x 43 cm.

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Lot 3208 - A187 Impressionist & Modern Art - Friday 07 December 2018, 04.00 PM

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(Zwickau 1881–1955 Berlin)
Grasende Pferde (Grazing horses). 1917.
Ink (slightly coloured) on paper.
Monogrammed and dated lower left: HMP1917.
44.5 x 32 cm.

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Lot 3629 - A209 Prints & Multiples - Thursday 20 June 2024, 10.00 AM

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(Zwickau 1881–1955 Berlin)
In der Loge. 1908.
Colour lithograph. From a rare edition. Signed and dated lower right: M. Pechstein 08, also with the ligated monogram in the plate lower right: HMP. Image 32.7 × 43.5 cm on wove paper 42.5 × 58 cm.

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Lot 3623* - Z38 Prints & Multiples - Saturday 27 June 2015, 03.00 PM

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(Zwickau 1881–1955 Berlin)
Nach dem Bade. 1923.
Kaltnadel und Pinselätzung. 13/50 (von fremder Hand?). Unten rechts signiert und datiert: HMPechstein 1923. Darstellung 30 x 18,9 cm auf Simili-Japan 50 x 32,6 cm. Erschienen im Hermelin-Verlag.

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Lot 3612 - Z37 Prints & Multiples - Saturday 06 December 2014, 01.30 PM

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(Zwickau 1881–1955 Berlin)
Yali IV (Yalis Werbung). 1923.
Radierung und Kaltnadel. Aus einer Auflage von 220. Unten rechts signiert: M. Pechstein. Darstellung 23,8 x 18 cm auf Vélin 35,5 x 24 cm. Erschienen im Fritz-Gurlitt-Verlag, Berlin. Gedruckt bei Fritz Vogt. Aus der 8-teiligen Serie "Willy Seidel. Yali und sein weisses Weib".

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Lot 3617* - Z38 Prints & Multiples - Saturday 27 June 2015, 03.00 PM

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(Zwickau 1881–1955 Berlin)
Wartende. 1946.
Lithografie. Unten rechts signiert: HMPechstein. Darstellung 44 x 25,5 cm auf Vélin 50,5 x 36,9 cm.

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Lot 7073 - ibid140 Prints & Multiples - online only - Wednesday 06 December 2023, 10.00 AM

HERMANN MAX PECHSTEIN

(Zwickau 1881–1955 Berlin)
Wartende. 1946. (waiting)
Lithograph. Signed lower right: HMPechstein. Image 44 × 25.5 cm on wove paper 48.3 × 36.9 cm.

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Lot 7078* - ibid131 Prints & Multiples - online only - Wednesday 07 December 2022, 10.00 AM

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(Zwickau 1881–1955 Berlin)
Untitled.
3 lithographs. 7/50. Signed in pencil lower right: HM Pechstein. Various image sizes on wove paper 29 × 36.5 cm.

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