Lot 325: Cubism, Menachem Helholz Or, Long arms, Oil painting

Original oil painting by Menachem Helholz Or, 35 x 40 cm; Style - cubism, school of Picasso; Size of the stretcher: 13.5 in x 15.5 in = 35 x 40 cm; Size of the wooden frame: 17.5 x 20 inches = 46 cm x 51 cm; Biography: Menachem Helholz-Our was born in Germany in 1911. Although his training was never formal, he was influenced by the various German Artists of the Expressionist and Bauhaus Movements in his youth, most notably Franz Marc, Heinrich Campendonk, Paul Klee and Auguste Macke. His later works show the influence of several of these artists especially in his fusing together of Cubism and vivid Expressionist colour. In 1933, when Hitler came to power, Helholz-Our fled from Germany and settled in Palestine, where from 1937 he was able to devote himself to his painting. His subjects include figurative scenes, marine life and schematic cities, some of which are based on Jerusalem, Jaffa and also German cities and railway bridges, reminiscent of motifs used by Max Beckmann. Helholz-Our also experimented with the prismatic effects of light, and like many other German artists of the period, his work fluctuated between an Expressionist version of Orphism under the influence of the Delaunays and also Cubism. His townscapes and still-lives owe much to Paul Klee, particularly his creation of all-over formal poetic patterning. Auction results /> <strong>Condition</strong> Natural aging of oil, no defects;<br /> Low Estimate: 6000;<br /> High Estimate: 20000;<br /> Original: Yes;<br /> Medium: Oil Paint;<br /> Circa: 1940;<br /> Style: Cubism;