Magnus Weidemann

Abendstimmung auf Sylt 

[Sunset on Sylt]

watercolor, 1934
 

Magnus Weidemann (Hamburg 1880-1967 Keitum)

"Abendstimmung auf Sylt" ["Sunset on Sylt"]

1934

watercolor on "Schoellershammer" cardboard

49,4 x 68,6 cm (framed, 52,5 x 72 cm)

lower right signed "WEIDEMANN," monogrammed "MW" and dated "1934"


condition: small marginal lesions, there with tiny loss of color; occasional inconspicuous scratch marks; small brownish spots in places on the sheet margin (probably inherent in the work)



Magnus Weidemann was German pastor, painter, graphic artist, photographer, author, and architect. He was a leading advocate of Freikörperkultur (FKK), naturism, within the Lebensreform (Life Reform) social movement.  From 1926, he resided on the island of Sylt in northern Germany.
Unidentified Photographer
Portrait of Magnus Weidemann at his home in Sylt
circa 1926
vintage gelatin silver photograph
13,6 x 9,3 cm
The Daulton Collection

Provenance: Fidus Nachlass (Estate of the artist Hugo Höppener, known as Fidus)
Unidentified Photographer
Portrait of a Woman (probably Molli Weidemann) holding a Cat
1927
vintage gelatin silver photograph
17,9 x 11,8 cm

verso inscribed and dated lower left in ink by Fidus: "Sommer 1927"

verso inscribed by another hand center in blue colored pencil: "Mollifrau und unser Katzer" 

The Daulton Collection

Provenance: Fidus Nachlass (Estate of the artist Hugo Höppener, known as Fidus)


Molli Weidemann (nee Mollenhauer), a dancer who came from Anna Helms-Blasche's Geestland dance circle, was Magnus Weidemann's muse and second wife (1920-1932?).  She was later a dance teacher in Cologne.


The photo was presumably taken at the home of Fidus in Woltersdorf near Berlin with his cat.

 
Contact:
The Daulton Collection
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