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Spaightwood Galleries
120 Main Street, Upton MA 01568-6193; 800-809-3343
Otto Greiner (German, 1869-1916)
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Greiner studied in Leipzig, where he trained in lithography and etching, and Munich, where he attended the Akademie der Bildenden Kunst. He went to Rome in 1891, where he became friendly with Max Klinger, also one of Kathe Kollwitz' inspirations. Greiner returned to Germany and worked in Munich and Leipzig between 1892 and 1898, when he returned to Rome, where he used Klinger's former studio, and lived until 1915, when he was forced to return to Germany because Italy sided with France and England in World War I. According to Sepp Kern's entry in the Grove Dictionary of Art (13: 632), "The nude was central to his interests: like Klinger he saw it a the epitome of beauty in nature and believed that it should be the basis for all stylistic formation." Greiner made 112 paintings, the majority of them devoted to antique and fantastic subjects and portraiture. 75 of his drawings have sold at auction since 1987; a sanguine self-portrait reached a high of $34,000 at Sotheby's Munich in 1996. There is a study of his drawings in the Meister der Zeichnung (Masters of Drawings Series), by Hans W. Singer, Zeichnungen von Otto Greiner (Leipzig: Baumgärtner's Buchhandlung, 1912). A drawing very similar to ours, signed by Greiner and also dated "Sept 1896"is in the Kupferstich Kabinet in Dresden. See also Julius Vogel, Otto Greiner (Leipzig: Seemann, 1903) and Otto Greiner: Graphische Arbeiten in Lithographie, Stich und Radierung (Dresden, 1917).
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Otto Greiner (German, 1869-1916), Nude studies. Watercolor and wash on wove paper, signed and dated 1896. A drawing very similar to ours, signed by Greiner and also dated "Sept 1896"is in the Kupferstich Kabinet in Dresden. See also Julius Vogel, Otto Greiner (Leipzig: Seemann, 1903). Image size: 446x305mm. Price: SOLD.
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Otto Greiner (German, 1869-1916), Golgotha (Davis-Rifkind 848). Original lithograph on chine collé, 1896. Published in the deluxe art review Pan (vol. 2, n. 2), with the text "Otto Greiner, Golgotha, Originallithographie Pan II 2" printed lower left in the bottom margin. One of the thieves is already on his cross lower left; lower right, Death, with his scythe and cloak, accompanied by a female demon, watches and waits. In the middle of the print, Jesus, with his crown of thorns, is about to be nailed to his cross; in the rear, a crowd gathers to watch. Almost lost on the extreme left, almost invisible behind the first thief, a young man supports an older woman, presumably the Beloved Disciple and the Mother of Jesus. Image size: 201x255mm. Price: $800.
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Spaightwood Galleries, Inc.
To purchase, call us at 1-800-809-3343 (508-529-2511 in Upton MA & vicinity) or send an email to sptwd@verizon.net. We accept AmericanExpress, DiscoverCard, MasterCard, and Visa.
For directions and visiting information, please call. We are, of course, always available over the web and by telephone (see above for contact information). Click the following for links to past shows and artists. For a visual tour of the gallery, please click here. For information about Andy Weiner and Sonja Hansard-Weiner, please click here. For a list of special offers currently available, see Specials.
Visiting hours: Saturday and Sunday noon to 6 pm and other times by arrangement. Please call to confirm your visit. Browsers and guests are welcome.
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