Fidus (Luebeck 1868-1948 Woltersdorf bei Berlin), also known as Hugo Hoeppener
"Zwielichter" ("Two Lamps")
1905 or earlier
oil on canvas laid down on thick cardboard
49,0 x 70,4 cm (painting only); 68,4 x 89,4 cm (including frame)
lower left signed: Fidus
inscribed on verso: "Zwielichter" Sommer [?] 01. Jan. 05 [in artist's hand?]
Provenance:
Richard Hirsch (1882-1959), politician and glassmaker
Exhibition History:
Grosse Berliner Kunst-Ausstellung 1905
Albert Rathke's Kunstausstellung Magdeburg
Kunstausstellung Wertheim, Berlin (No. 881)
Arte e Magia: Il Fascino dell'Esoterismo in Europa, Palazzo Roverella, Rovigo, Italy, 2018-2019.
Publication History:
Fidus (Hugo Höppener) Mappe I. 12 Kunstdrucke aus der "Jugend." (München: Verlag der "Jugend," 1919), Plate 7.
