About the artwork

Artist: Thilo Maatsch

Date: 1966

Framed size: 49 x 37.5cm

Signature: Signed in pencil: “TM 66”

Mounting: Conservation-mounted on acid-free board

Framing: Beech wood frame, 99% UV resistant glass

Delivery: Collect from the shop or contact Cal to arrange specialist art handlers.

About the artist

Thilo Maatsch (1900-1983) was a German artist and an exponent of abstract art, constructivism and concrete art. At 18, he co-founded the "Gesellschaft der Freunde junger Kunst" (Society of the adorer of young art), which was joined by artists such as Lyonel Feininger and Paul Klee. Maatsch could not afford to study at the Bauhaus, but Kandinsky and Klee allowed him to study in their studios and arranged free summer courses for him. In 1925 he joined the November Group and participated annually in the renowned Große Berliner Kunstausstellung.

Maatsch’s career took a drastic halt when Nazi policy deemed his art “degenerated”. He was rediscovered in the late 1960s.