Frans Masereel Frans Masereel - Biography
The Belgian Frans Masereel counts among the greatest expressionist woodcutters.
Frans Masereel, both artist and humanist, had gained international fame as early as in the 1920s, with his often socio-critical series of woodcuts. Unlike the woodcuts of the German expressionists, Frans Masereel's style is characterized by an almost classicist clearness of forms despite all expressive distortion, which makes for the particular charm of his compositions, and can also be observed ob his oil paintings, watercolors and drawings. Frans Masereel, who was widely acknowledged in Germany, was defamed during the NS dictatorship and could only barely escape Nazi persecution. However, a professorship led him to the School of arts and crafts in Saarbrücken in 1947. Thus Frans Masereel set an example of conciliation that can not be valued enough.
Works by Frans Masereel are part of renowned collections, such as the Berliner Academy of Arts or the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Frans Masereel, both artist and humanist, had gained international fame as early as in the 1920s, with his often socio-critical series of woodcuts. Unlike the woodcuts of the German expressionists, Frans Masereel's style is characterized by an almost classicist clearness of forms despite all expressive distortion, which makes for the particular charm of his compositions, and can also be observed ob his oil paintings, watercolors and drawings. Frans Masereel, who was widely acknowledged in Germany, was defamed during the NS dictatorship and could only barely escape Nazi persecution. However, a professorship led him to the School of arts and crafts in Saarbrücken in 1947. Thus Frans Masereel set an example of conciliation that can not be valued enough.
Works by Frans Masereel are part of renowned collections, such as the Berliner Academy of Arts or the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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3,600 EUR
4,176 USD
3,168 GBP
4,176 USD
3,168 GBP
13 days 17h:59m
Masereel, Frans
Équihen - maisons devant la plage
Signed and dated again on the reverse
Oil on panel, 1935
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Équihen - maisons devant la plage
Signed and dated again on the reverse
Oil on panel, 1935
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2,700 EUR
3,132 USD
2,376 GBP
3,132 USD
2,376 GBP
13 days 18h:00m
Masereel, Frans
Enfant à la poupée
Signed and dated on the reverse of the canvas and on the stretcher with a label bearing the typographic details of the work
Oil on canvas, 1932
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Enfant à la poupée
Signed and dated on the reverse of the canvas and on the stretcher with a label bearing the typographic details of the work
Oil on canvas, 1932
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4,500 EUR
5,220 USD
3,960 GBP
5,220 USD
3,960 GBP
13 days 18h:00m
Masereel, Frans
Nu sur un lit
Titled on the reverse of the stretcher and signed, dated, and inscribed “Pour ma Laure, Frans” on the canvas
Oil on canvas, 1945
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Nu sur un lit
Titled on the reverse of the stretcher and signed, dated, and inscribed “Pour ma Laure, Frans” on the canvas
Oil on canvas, 1945
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1,800 EUR
2,088 USD
1,584 GBP
2,088 USD
1,584 GBP
13 days 18h:01m
900 EUR
1,044 USD
792 GBP
1,044 USD
792 GBP
13 days 18h:01m
900 EUR
1,044 USD
792 GBP
1,044 USD
792 GBP
13 days 18h:02m





