SCHARL, JOSEF1896 Munich - 1954 New York


Title: Maschinist.
Date: 1937.
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Measurement: 64 x 54cm.
Notation: Signed and dated lower right: Jos. Scharl (underlined) 1937.
Frame/Pedestal: Craftman's frame.


Provenance:
- Schmidt Collection, Münster (label)
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia

Exhibitions:
- Gallery Clasing, Münster 1946

Literature:
- Firmenich, Andrea (ed.): Josef Scharl - Monograph and catalogue raisonné, Cologne 1999, cat. rais. no. 316, ill.

- Typical expressionist portrait of a labourer with a strong individual character
- The work dates from the year before his emigration to the USA, when Scharl's hostility from the National Socialists was at its peak
- The pale complexion of the emaciated machinist stands in stark contrast to the rich red colour of the background.