Helmut Meyer-Weingarten 1911 Weingarten – 1994 Karlsruhe "Still Life with Blue Jugs and Blue Plate," 1977 Oil on burlap, stretcher, framed Monogrammed and dated lower right, signed verso Size: 68.7 x 69 cm (without frame) / 76 x 76 cm (with frame) Provenance: The painting was formerly part of the art collection of "Karlsruher Lebensversicherung AG" (Friedrich-Scholl-Platz, Karlsruhe, Inv. No. KLV0279B). ____________________________ Helmut Meyer-Weingarten Painter, draftsman, art teacher. "It is therefore not surprising that Meyer-Weingarten also produced a substantial body of still life paintings and continued to explore this subject regularly even in her later years. On small tables, the familiar and readily available objects of everyday use—books, newspapers, fruit bowls, flower vases, bottles, glasses, plates, and cups—are carefully arranged and depicted from a slightly elevated perspective. The abstracting simplification makes the objects appear more as colorful, ornamental surfaces with emphasized contours and less as three-dimensional, three-dimensional forms. However, these are not merely painterly meditations on the simple things in life, their transience, and their beauty" (Ursula Merkel, 2011). On small tables, the familiar and readily available objects of everyday life—books, newspapers, fruit bowls, flower vases, bottles, glasses, plates, and cups—are carefully arranged and presented from a slightly elevated angle. 1926-30 Apprenticeship as an art glassmaker 1930-33 Studied stage design at the Theater Academy of the Baden State Theater Karlsruhe and art at the Baden State Art School Karlsruhe 1954-83 Head of the painting and drawing class at the Karlsruhe Adult Education Center Awards: 1981 Awarded the Federal Cross of Merit for his artistic and pedagogical work Memberships: from 1946 Second Chairman of the Association of Visual Artists 1946 Founding member of the Federal Association of Visual Artists 1948 Founding member of the "Young Group Baden" Solo Exhibitions: 1981 "Helmut Meyer-Weingarten on his 70th Birthday," Municipal Gallery Karlsruhe 2011 "Helmut Meyer-Weingarten on his 100th Birthday," EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, Karlsruhe