Walther Gasch (Leipzig 1886-1962 Nentershausen-Dens near Bebra)
"Traumsehnsucht" ["Dream Yearning"]
1914
gouache on cardboard
69 x 51,5 cm
bottom right monogrammed and dated: "WG 30.8.1914"
inscribed verso: "No. 12 Traumsehnsucht Canowa Seite 143"
The Daulton Collection
condition: holes in the right margin, probably from earlier mounting, slightly rubbed, and edges slightly bumped
Walther Gasch studied from 1905 at the Dresden Academy under Emanuel Hegenbarth and Oskar Zwintscher; was a master student here under Gotthardt Kuehl and later under Richard Müller; and undertook study trips to Holland, France and Italy.