Short description: Another work of sailing boats by Fritz Neumann.
Notes: Found on eBay . There is a sticker on the back, but it’s unreadable.
Interestingly, the picture is attributed to a Ric Neumann
A few day ago I bought an interesting book at my favorite rare book book seller : A catalog of deliverable prints of the “Kunstverlag Hanfstaengl ” for the year 1961. The woman at the counter told me that the book has been sitting around on the shelf for ages and offered me to look up the price again, just in case the value dropped. Thy have tho policy to offer books at a lower price then the one on the web. It turned out, that the price increased in the last years, but in that case they stick with the original offer.
Prints made by “Kunstverlag Hanfstaengl” are quite common in Germany, you can find them often on flea markets, the quality is good, and many people are confused by the fact, that they can be very old and try to sell those as originals.
Anyways, I bought the book, since i’ve discovered a print in it, that I own. It’s the one of the Kingfisher on page 168. I never managed to read the whole signature and now I know the name, I learned that I was actually searching with a few wrong fragments. The etching is by the artist Kurt Meyer-Eberhardt from Munich.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to claim the Fritz Neumann and Kurt Meyer-Eberhardt are somehow related, even if there are some similarities in the motives. That might be just be the Zeitgeist between the 50ies and 70ies.
But maybe there are more similar catalogs out there by other art publishers that may contain works by Ric or Fritz Neumann.
Short description: Paris, Montmartre with the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris , commonly known as Sacré-Cœur Basilica in the background.
Notes: Found by Wolfgang Barina on eBay Kleinanzeigen
Image by Christian Wolf - taken from Wikimedia Commons
This is the probably older version of the blind stamp that’s used on some prints by Fritz Neumann.
It imitates the Holsten Gate in Lübeck (second image), another indication of a North German origin. So far, inquiries from the Lübeck City Archives about former art publishers in the city have not yet been answered.
For examples of the blind stamp in use, see:
- Fox Terrier by Fritz Neumann (First image, lower right corner)
- Two Fox Terriers by Fritz Neumann (Last image)
You can also look at the pages tagged with “Stamp” .
A few day ago I downloaded an episode of Tatort , a German TV series. The Episode <strong>“Tatort: Borowski und eine Frage von reinem Geschmack”</strong> - link in German only - aired on 24 October 2010. The story doesn’t really matter for this post, but have a look at the screenshot below, they have a Ric print hanging at the office.
Screenshot of Borowski und eine Frage von reinem Geschmack
Every regular reader will spot the error in the screen shot above really quick:
- This page is about Fritz Neumann (1881 – 1918)
- The second image shows a sailing boat, which is probably by another Fritz Neumann, especially since this one died 1918 and the construction of the „Laboe Naval Memorial“ , which can be seen in the background, was started in 1927…
There is a higher resolution image available at veryimportantlot.com .
A while a ago I’ve added a post showing a painted tile painted by Fritz Neumann and produced by Rosenthal . Since the company has quite a history they also offer a archive research service. In spring 2019 I’ve send them an inquiry about the history of this particular product and the artist, Today I got an answer. Since I don’t have their permission I don’t quote the reply here. The raw facts:
- Produced by Rosenthal Handmalerei in Munich between 1934 and 1951, since the mark was only used in this time span - especially for export goods to the USA.
- A painting by the German painter Fritz Neumann (1881-1919) was used as a template.
Every regular reader will be surprised now and notice that the dates of life and the theme do not go together: The second statement is wrong with a probability bordering on certainty, but so far there has been no answer.
Short description: Sailing Boats
Notes: Sold originally in Paderborn, see label.
