Karl Heidelbach
(German, 1923 Hanau – Köln 1993)
Group Portrait in the Pub
Oil on canvas, 100 x 125 cm (39.4 by 49.2 in). Signed and dated "(19)76“. Original slim studio frame.
One of his so-called Kneipenbilder (Pub-Pictures), located in Cologne Germany. The depicted persons are from the family of the artist and close friends (see fig. below). Also portrayed Nikolaus Heidelbach (see no. 4), the son of the artist, today a famous German book illustrator. Person no. 2 began suicide one year before the picture was painted, the artist depicted him posthumously.
Literature: Dr. Wolfgang Zemter, Karl Heidelbach, Märkisches Museum Witten, 1994.
We are grateful to Nikolaus Heidelbach for identifying the persons and confirming the painting.
A most interesting work by the well known German artist in the seventies of the 20th Century. Fine original condition. Further details and price on request.
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1. Florian Heidelbach
2. Hans Dieter Reuser ( † 1975)
3. Almut Timmermann
4. Nikolaus Heidelbach
5. Jutta Heidelbach
6. Peter Heidl (Haidl?)
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