Andreas Gering

Various Prints

etchings and lithographs

circa 1916
 
Andreas Gering (1892-1957)
"Der gute Kamerad" ["The Good Comrade"] 
circa 1916
etching
20 x 14,5 cm
signed in pencil lower right: "A. Gering." 
title inscribed in pencil lower left
The Daulton Collection 

Andreas Gering served during the First World War and was buried after a bomb attack, surviving with serious injuries. The horrors which Gering confronted during the war shaped his artistic work at the time.
Andreas Gering (1892-1957)
"Der Krieg" ["The War"] 
1916
color lithograph on heavy similijapan
21,5 x 27,8 cm (sheet 40,4 x 50,2 cm)
signed in pencil lower right: "A. Gering" 
The Daulton Collection 

excellent, strong impression with a wide margin
Andreas Gering (1892-1957)
"Die Stafette" ["The Relay"] 
circa 1917
color lithograph on firm wove paper
image 23,8 x 32,5 cm (sheet 33,3 x 43,4 cm)
signed and dated in pencil lower right: "A. Gering 17" 
titled and inscribed in pencil lower left: "'Die Stafette.'" and "Orig. Steinzeichung."
The Daulton Collection 

Excellent impression with a wide margin.

In this lithograph, Gering shows Death guiding a soldier's hand.
Andreas Gering (1892-1957)

"Der Friedenbringer" ["The Peacebringer"]
also known as "Krieg u Frieden" ["War and Peace"]

1917

lithograph on JWZanders laid paper
image 22,5 x 27,5 cm (sheet 43 x 57,5 cm)

signed and dated in pencil lower right: "A. Gering. 17" 
inscribed and numbered in pencil lower left: "Orig. Lithographie." and "6/40."

The Daulton Collection 

A magnificent, wonderfully differentiated print, with very wide margins.

from the 1917 edition of 40 impressions


Discussion:

"Numerous of Gering's prints testify to the immense influence that the horrors of war had on his soul. Again and again they focus on the weapons situation and show Gering as a confident observer and draftsman."  B

["Zahlreiche von Gerings Blättern bezeugen den immensen Einfluss, den die Kriegsgräuel auf seine Seele nahmen. Immer wieder thematisieren sie das Waffengeschehen und zeigen Gering als einen sicheren Beobachter und Zeichner."  B]


There was also an edition in 1919 of 30 impressions, titled "Krieg u Frieden" ["War and Peace"].
Andreas Gering (1892-1957)

"Allerseelen" ["All Souls Day"]

1917

lithograph on vellum paper
image 20,8 x 26 cm (sheet 39 x 56,8 cm)

signed and dated in pencil lower right: "A. Gering. 17" 

The Daulton Collection 

Excellent print with the full margins.

Very rare.  There is no evidence this lithograph was published in an edition.

Discussion:

"The cruelties that Gering was confronted with during the First World War shaped his artistic work of this time. He himself was buried after a bomb attack and rescued with severe injuries. Here he commemorates the deceased and their souls, who rise close together from the battlefield to heaven."  B

["Die Grausamkeiten, mit denen Gering während des Ersten Weltkrieges konfrontiert war, prägten sein bildnerisches Schaffen dieser Zeit. Er selber wurde nach einem Bombenangriff verschüttet und schwer verletzt geborgen. Hier gedenkt er bildnerisch der Verstorbenen und ihrer Seelen, die dicht beieinander aus dem Schlachtfeld gen Himmel aufsteigen."  B]
Contact:
The Daulton Collection
thedaultoncollection@outlook.com