"Shele: A Rare Ornamental-Figurative Artist"

(1905 Frankfurt - 1944 Smolensk) "Couple in Green". An original rare ornamental-figurative sheet by Schele, considered one of the artists of the lost generation. From 1922, he studied at the Frankfurt and Offenbach Schools of Applied Arts under Albert Windisch and Rudolf Koch, then moved to the Frankfurt Städelschule in 1924 to study French painting, representing Expressionism. In 1927, he moved to Berlin, where he achieved his first exhibition successes and discovered abstraction in the 1930s. However, in 1937, some of Schele's works were deemed "degenerate," and in 1939, a general exhibition ban was imposed on him. Many of his works were destroyed in 1943 along with his studio due to the consequences of war. Sepia ink drawing on paper. Signed and dated (19)39 and titled in the middle. With estate stamp and number Z54 on the reverse. Approximately 28 cm x 20 cm (sheet size). Framed. Brown ink on paper. Signed, dated (19)39, and inscribed with the title. Estate stamp with number Z54 on the reverse.