Anne Ratkowski - Still Life with Daffodils, Iris, and Tea Cup, 1967
Anne Ratkowski, Still Life with Daffodils, Iris, and Tea Cup, 1967
Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right
Dimensions: 28.75 in. (H) × 24.5 in. (W) × 2 in. (D)
Still life painting depicting daffodils and irises in a clear glass vase, with a teacup and saucer placed in the midground. Two iris blooms rest in a shallow dish in the foreground. A textile is draped in the background. The work is signed and dated by the artist in the lower right corner.
Presented in a period wooden frame with a bronze/copper and black painted finish and a beige linen liner.
An original label is affixed to the back, along with a gallery tag in the lower left corner. A German inscription indicates the work was on loan in 1997.
Artist Bio
Anne Ratkowski (1903–1996), born Anneliese Ratkowski in Berlin, was a German painter and student of Arthur Segal. She gained recognition in the 1920s through the Novembergruppe, alongside her first husband, Nikolaus Braun. In 1938, facing Nazi persecution, she destroyed much of her work and fled to Belgium, surviving the war in hiding. After marrying Paul Wangenheim (later Wanger), she emigrated to New York in 1948, where she resumed her art career in the 1970s. Though forgotten in Germany, her work was rediscovered in the 1980s, culminating in a retrospective at the Leo Baeck Institute in 1988.
Condition
Good overall condition with minor wear consistent with age.
Anne Ratkowski, Still Life with Daffodils, Iris, and Tea Cup, 1967
Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right
Dimensions: 28.75 in. (H) × 24.5 in. (W) × 2 in. (D)
Still life painting depicting daffodils and irises in a clear glass vase, with a teacup and saucer placed in the midground. Two iris blooms rest in a shallow dish in the foreground. A textile is draped in the background. The work is signed and dated by the artist in the lower right corner.
Presented in a period wooden frame with a bronze/copper and black painted finish and a beige linen liner.
An original label is affixed to the back, along with a gallery tag in the lower left corner. A German inscription indicates the work was on loan in 1997.
Artist Bio
Anne Ratkowski (1903–1996), born Anneliese Ratkowski in Berlin, was a German painter and student of Arthur Segal. She gained recognition in the 1920s through the Novembergruppe, alongside her first husband, Nikolaus Braun. In 1938, facing Nazi persecution, she destroyed much of her work and fled to Belgium, surviving the war in hiding. After marrying Paul Wangenheim (later Wanger), she emigrated to New York in 1948, where she resumed her art career in the 1970s. Though forgotten in Germany, her work was rediscovered in the 1980s, culminating in a retrospective at the Leo Baeck Institute in 1988.
Condition
Good overall condition with minor wear consistent with age.
Anne Ratkowski, Still Life with Daffodils, Iris, and Tea Cup, 1967
Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right
Dimensions: 28.75 in. (H) × 24.5 in. (W) × 2 in. (D)
Still life painting depicting daffodils and irises in a clear glass vase, with a teacup and saucer placed in the midground. Two iris blooms rest in a shallow dish in the foreground. A textile is draped in the background. The work is signed and dated by the artist in the lower right corner.
Presented in a period wooden frame with a bronze/copper and black painted finish and a beige linen liner.
An original label is affixed to the back, along with a gallery tag in the lower left corner. A German inscription indicates the work was on loan in 1997.
Artist Bio
Anne Ratkowski (1903–1996), born Anneliese Ratkowski in Berlin, was a German painter and student of Arthur Segal. She gained recognition in the 1920s through the Novembergruppe, alongside her first husband, Nikolaus Braun. In 1938, facing Nazi persecution, she destroyed much of her work and fled to Belgium, surviving the war in hiding. After marrying Paul Wangenheim (later Wanger), she emigrated to New York in 1948, where she resumed her art career in the 1970s. Though forgotten in Germany, her work was rediscovered in the 1980s, culminating in a retrospective at the Leo Baeck Institute in 1988.
Condition
Good overall condition with minor wear consistent with age.
