Max Himpe - Fascinating Still Life
- Description
- Max Himpe (1920-1955)
| Type of artwork | Painting |
| Period | 1945 to 1999 |
| Technique | Oil paint |
| Support | Canvas |
| Framed | Framed |
| Dimensions | 55 x 65 cm (h x w) |
| Incl. frame | 77 x 87 cm (h x w) |
| Signed | Hand signed |
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Max Himpe 1920-1975
Max Himpe, born in Berlin and raised in Hamburg, is the son of Oskar and Wilhelmina Himpe-Van Marken. His father's family has its roots in Silesia and his mother's in the Netherlands (Indies). As a result, Max spent his childhood holidays not only in Silesia, but also in the Netherlands with his aunt Annie, his mother's eldest sister, who is married to Dr. James W.Th. Lichtenbelt, medical director of the Emma Clinic in Utrecht.
During World War II, the young Max follows art courses at academies in Hamburg, Weimar, Berlin and Munich. Initially, he works as an artist and illustrator of newspapers from the autumn of 1945 until he specializes in portrait painting from 1948. He soon makes a name for himself as a 'young Hamburg portrait painter' of famous German actors, high officials and scientists, before spreading his wings to England, the Netherlands and France around 1950. In 1952, the newspaper Die Zeit already calls him an 'unusually gifted artist' who has an 'important future ahead of him'.
Mention Pieter Scheen Page 484.
Beautifully thickly set still life. Intriguing composition. Cryptic with the safe keys and bow tie?
It is clear that Himpe was an admirer of Vermeer.
Look at the piggies, how beautifully detailed they are.
In a heavy, weathered, classical frame which makes it a very attractive whole.
| Condition | |
| Condition | Good |
| List has traces of age | |
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