Augustin Tschinkel (1905-1983): Personnage

Artist
Augustin Tschinkel
 
Title
Personnage 
 
Medium
Linocut
 
Material 
Paper
 
Dimensions
28 x 28 cm
 
Editor
Edition Panderma, Basel
 
Year
1934 (linocut), printed in 1966
 
Signature
Signed in pencil 
 
Provenance
Edition Panderma, Carl Laszlo, Basel
Galerie von Bartha, Basel
Private Collection, Basel
 
Condition / Restauration 
mint archival condition 
 
Biography: 
Augustin Tschinkel (1905-1983), studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and became in the 1920s member of the artists' group "Die Gruppe progressiver Künstler" founded by Franz Wilhelm Seiwert and Heinrich Hoerle (with other members like Otto Freundlich, Gerd and August Sander, Cologne). He collaborated with "Das Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsmuseum" ("Museum of Society and Economy") under the directorship of Gerd Arntz, Vienna 1929-1930 and contributed in "A bis Z" 1930-1933 the periodical of the group. Tschinkel participated in the exhibition "Politische Konstruktivisten. Die Progressiven 1919-1933", Berlin 1975. His one-man show "Augustin Tschinkel. Grafiek, Illustraties, Typografie“ was shown at Haags Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag 1976. Tschinkel is an author of numerous books and articles about art and design.