Werner Neuhaus – Freidorf bei Muttenz I

Wener Neuhaus (Burgdorf 1897 – 1934 Burgdorf)

Freidorf bei Muttenz I
Woodcut around 1924/25
Stamp lower right:
Nachlass Werner Neuhaus – Limit. Neudruck von den Originalstöcken (Limited Reprint from the original wooden plate)
Copy No. 1/15
35.5 x 39 on 62 x 50 cm
Catalogue raisonné: Stutzer 5

Also very rare as a reprint!
Printed on thin Japanese paper.

Werner Neuhaus was an important exponent of Expressionism in Switzerland and in 1925, together with Otto Staiger, joined the «Rot-Blau» artist group, which was founded on New Year’s Eve 1924/25 by Hermann Scherer, Albert Müller and Paul Camenisch. “Die Brücke” andErnst Ludwig Kirchner, with whom the painters were in personal contact, had a decisive influence on the group.