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March Issue 2004

Ann Long Fine Art in Charleston, SC, Presents Otto Neumann: Figurative Monotypes

Ann Long Fine Art in Charleston, SC, will exhibit the modern figurative monotypes of Otto Neumann (1895 - 1975) through Mar. 15, 2004.

A contemporary of Matisse, Henry Moore and Picasso, Neumann displays the stylistic trends characteristic of this period in a collection of artwork never viewed by any public or private collector. Already found in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Art institute of Chicago and the Staatliche Graphische in Munich, Germany, Neumann's work has proven to be recognized and consistently collected by the world's most prestigious institutions. Collectors are invited to join us at Ann Long Fine Art for this exceptional opportunity to purchase work from the estate of this Modern 20th Century master.

Neumann was born in Heidelberg, Germany in 1895. He began his artistic training at the Academieder Bildenden Kunst and studied with several noted German artists. His long career began in 1919 and went through a constant series of changes from medium and subject matter.

David Sokol, the curator of the estate and Chairman of the Art Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago, posits, "However, it was in the 1950s that Neumann's obsession with the neoclassically rendered figure was re-awakened. His new focus manifested itself in more direct, albeit elegantly drawn handling of classical motifs and forms. The artist studied ancient Greek vases and the simple, lined forms that graced their sides. Neumann's figures are modernized versions of his Greek models. They reveal the influence of a modern stylistic trend that he admired in the work of such diverse contemporaries as Picasso, Matisse and Henry Moore. Later in life, especially after the death of his wife, Neumann's trademark monotypes and hand pulled woodblocks and Iinocuts became ever more abstract. Neumann died on January 2, 1975 in Munich."

What is a monotype? Neumann's monotypes can be described as a print (but only one impression was taken) made by painting on glass, wood or linoleum block and then transferring the painting to paper by hand-pressure and manually pulled.

For more information check our SC Commercial Gallery listings or call the gallery at 843/577-0447 or at (www.annlongfineart.com).

 


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