ARTIST: Edith Gert (Danish, 1906 - 1970)
TITLE: Still Life with Vase of Sunflowers
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Few minor scratches/paint losses. No visible inpaint under UV light.
ART SIZE: 25 x 21 inches / 63 x 53 cm
FRAME SIZE: 29 x 25 inches / 73 x 63 cm
SIGNATURE: lower left
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
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BIOGRAPHY:
Born in 1906, Edith Gert was primarily inspired by the 1920s. Significant artistic developments that had been established in the earlier part of the 20th century continued to be developed during the 1920s and 1930s. At this time the careers of many influential and pioneering artists began to flourish, yet at the same time there was an atmosphere of consideration and sombreness following the horrors of the First World War. Major shifts in politics were taking place worldwide, and Marxism took a strong hold as an ideology amongst artist groups and communities. Due to its cultural importance, Surrealism spread as an ideology on an international scale, and became the leading theme of the pictorial arts in the 1920s. The Bauhaus movement developed during this time and concentrated on a unification of all modes of art, working towards the idea of the '˜Gesamtkunstwerk'. The liberal politics of the Weimar Republic in Germany enabled this movement to blossom and grow and develop further.