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Paul Nietsche (1885-1950)
Estimate:
€1,000 - €1,500
Sold
€4,400
Live Auction
Irish & International Art
ARTIST
Paul Nietsche (1885-1950)
Size
24 by 20in. (61 by 50.8cm)
Description
Title: SELF PORTRAIT, 1933
Note: The work of Paul Nietsche comprised portraits, still lifes and landscapes. A number of examples by him can be found in the collection of the National Museums of Northern Ireland including portraits of fellow artist James Humbert Craig (1940) and art collector Zoltan Lewinter-Frankl (1943) among others. Although born in Kiev Nietsche's family moved to Odessa when he was six where his father had a lithography business. In 1908 he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and later moved to Paris where he was friendly with the sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) and exhibited at the Salon in 1912. After World War I he relocated to Berlin where he became friendly with Dr Michael O'Brien from Dublin, a lecturer in English and Celtic studies. When Dr O'Brien was transferred to Belfast in 1926 he invited Nietsche to visit. That year he showed five works at the Ulster Arts Club annual exhibition. He travelled regularly throughout his life but returned to Belfast in 1929 and held an exhibition in O'Brien's home that year. In 1930 his work was included in the RHA annual exhibition in Dublin. He held a joint exhibition at the Magee Gallery in Belfast in 1938 and a solo show there the following year. In the mid 1940s - when he secured an attic studio at 76 Dublin Road - Nietsche settled in Belfast. He held solo shows at 55a Donegall Place in 1947, 1948 and 1949. He died in 1950 before an exhibition planned for Dublin could take place. A retrospective of his work was held at the Arts Council Gallery in Belfast in 1984. For further reading see Snoddy pp. 454-455.
Note: The work of Paul Nietsche comprised portraits, still lifes and landscapes. A number of examples by him can be found in the collection of the National Museums of Northern Ireland including portraits of fellow artist James Humbert Craig (1940) and art collector Zoltan Lewinter-Frankl (1943) among others. Although born in Kiev Nietsche's family moved to Odessa when he was six where his father had a lithography business. In 1908 he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and later moved to Paris where he was friendly with the sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) and exhibited at the Salon in 1912. After World War I he relocated to Berlin where he became friendly with Dr Michael O'Brien from Dublin, a lecturer in English and Celtic studies. When Dr O'Brien was transferred to Belfast in 1926 he invited Nietsche to visit. That year he showed five works at the Ulster Arts Club annual exhibition. He travelled regularly throughout his life but returned to Belfast in 1929 and held an exhibition in O'Brien's home that year. In 1930 his work was included in the RHA annual exhibition in Dublin. He held a joint exhibition at the Magee Gallery in Belfast in 1938 and a solo show there the following year. In the mid 1940s - when he secured an attic studio at 76 Dublin Road - Nietsche settled in Belfast. He held solo shows at 55a Donegall Place in 1947, 1948 and 1949. He died in 1950 before an exhibition planned for Dublin could take place. A retrospective of his work was held at the Arts Council Gallery in Belfast in 1984. For further reading see Snoddy pp. 454-455.
Medium
gouache heightened with white
Signature
signed and dated upper left; with label on R. Strahan & Co., Ltd [Stephen's Green / Hogan Place / Dublin] preserved on reverse
