Schönzeler, Ernst - Flamingos - ink on paper - hand signed

Flamingos

Ink on paper in passepartout, framed
Year: 1957
hand-signed, dated and titled
Edition: Unique
Sheet: 28.0 × 39.0 cm
Condition: in good condition, sheet minimally soiled, frame damaged

Ernst Schönzeler grew up in Kleve on the Lower Rhine as the son of He was raised by the grammar school teacher Dr. Heinrich Schönzeler , Joseph Beuys 's English teacher at the Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gymnasium in Kleve. It was at Schönzeler's home that Beuys first met Hans and Franz Joseph van der Grinten . Together with Beuys, Ernst Schönzeler prepared for admission to the Düsseldorf Art Academy . There he studied graphic arts, painting, and art history from 1946 to 1950. He was a student of Ewald Mataré .