View of a small Dutch town

(1887 Wuppertal-Elberfeld – 1946 Wülfrath) View of a small Dutch town, an expressionist work by Dollerschells, apparently an artist of the so-called Lost Generation. He received his artistic education, among other places, at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts under the guidance of Angelo Jank and Franz von Stuck, and from 1912 lived in Paris. There he became acquainted with Wilhelm Lehmbruck and in 1912 presented his work "Young Parisian" for the first time at the Salon d'Automne. After World War I, Dollerschells moved to Wuppertal, and in 1923 gained further recognition after a major article about him appeared in the magazine "Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration." From 1927, Dollerschells lived for several years in Paris. After 1933, many of his works were declared "degenerate" and removed from public collections in Germany.

Most of his works were destroyed during the bombing of Wuppertal in 1943. Gouache on paper, mounted on cardboard. Signature and date (19)27. Dimensions: 37.5 cm x 45.5 cm (image). Framed. Provenance: From the collection of a Von der Heydt Museum staff member and close friend of Mia Dollerschell, the artist’s widow; subsequently in family ownership.