August Wilhelm Dressler Art

German, 1886-1970

Wilhelm August Dressler is one of the painters of the New Objectivity (...) and was committed to social and political issues. The Berliner-of-choice defied stubbornly the summary classification. Dressler acted truthfully to his origin, temperament and insight as an individual who presents his bond as obligation, who takes his program as template and his slogan as abomination. Only few painters of his generation restrain so inconspicuously from the revolutionary storm and new trends that found its most effective expression in Expressionism of ” the Bridge” group and in the mystical works of the ‘Blue Rider’. Dressler’s self-imposed isolation is based neither on his capriciousness nor is it intentional – it is simply one of the inner necessities of his artistic existence. One does not do justice to his work, if one tries to interpret only the visible facts, the artistic or the technical qualities in Dressler’s works. This painter lived his destiny with a stubbornly determined consequence of his fate: the pictures are nothing else than the graphic metaphors of the ‘introverted gaze’. He experienced grief and loneliness already during his youth. Dressler learns early about the shadow side of human existence – it becomes the basis of the way he perceived the world. ” I cannot separate myself from what has established me ” – there was a very immediate connection and solidarity between the painter and his personal experiences (l’art pour l’art attitude). Thus Dressler identifies himself with those embodiments of petty-bourgeois narrowness, with those disappointed and abandoned, with those who appreciate simple joys of life and those with quiet hopes. In his works the figurative language wins through its ability to depict and objectify feelings without words. Dressler does not paint to be modern or original. His way of perception is essential in a solid sense; he focuses on things, elements, and events that reflect a piece of life. The closeness to the object and the attachment to the figure remain unchanged in Dressler’s oeuvre. One is tempted, looking at his works of five decades, to speak rather than about development but more of unfolding. The thematic inventory is from the beginning artist’s credo and basic motive: the form is added as the answer of the painter. It is Dressler’s personal preference not to correct reality nor to imitate it – his realism brings form and content, sensation and insight to life in a forceless manner. Dressler feels, thinks and arguments his works on a more general level; his work is not an illustration of social misery or individual depravity. This “realist of the sharper tone” painterly transcends the limitations of genre and folklore; his “petty-bourgeois everyday life” is neither enclosed in the poor man’s pathos nor in the oh-human ecstasy. “Who controls the keyboard of nature”, proclaims Dressler, “can play in their own ways”. Source: Delp’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung München, August Willhelm Dressler, Munich 1970.

Artist: August Wilhelm Dressler

August Wilhelm DresslerFrau bei Tisch sitzend

$1,898

Frau bei Tisch sitzend

By August Wilhelm Dressler

Located in Wien, 9

August Dressler is one of the painters of the New Objectivity. He is one of the lesser-known artists of the Weimar era, but he too, like his famous contemporaries Georg Grosz, John H...

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20th Century Modern August Wilhelm Dressler Art

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Paper, Ink

August Wilhelm DresslerFrau mit blauem Kleid

$2,313

Frau mit blauem Kleid

By August Wilhelm Dressler

Located in Wien, 9

August Dressler is one of the painters of the New Objectivity. He is one of the lesser-known artists of the Weimar era, but he too, like his famous contemporaries Georg Grosz, John H...

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20th Century Modern August Wilhelm Dressler Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

August Wilhelm DresslerSäugling / Infant

$14,710

Säugling / Infant

By August Wilhelm Dressler

Located in Wien, 9

August Dressler is one of the painters of the New Objectivity. He is one of the lesser-known artists of the Weimar era, but he too, like his famous contemporaries Georg Grosz, John H...

Category

20th Century Modern August Wilhelm Dressler Art

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Canvas, Paint, Oil

August Wilhelm DresslerAkt mit Handspiegel

$1,091

Akt mit Handspiegel

By August Wilhelm Dressler

Located in Wien, 9

August Dressler is one of the painters of the New Objectivity. He is one of the lesser-known artists of the Weimar era, but he too, like his famous contemporaries Georg Grosz, John H...

Category

20th Century Modern August Wilhelm Dressler Art

Materials

Paper, Pencil

August Wilhelm DresslerStilllife

$9,348

Stilllife

By August Wilhelm Dressler

Located in Wien, 9

August Dressler is one of the painters of the New Objectivity. He is one of the lesser-known artists of the Weimar era, but he too, like his famous contemporaries Georg Grosz, John H...

Category

20th Century Modern August Wilhelm Dressler Art

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Paint, Canvas, Oil

August Wilhelm DresslerLandschaft bei Naunhof, 1933

$10,558

Landschaft bei Naunhof

By August Wilhelm Dressler

Located in Wien, 9

August Dressler is one of the painters of the New Objectivity. He is one of the lesser-known artists of the Weimar era, but he too, like his famous contemporaries Georg Grosz, John H...

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20th Century Modern August Wilhelm Dressler Art

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Canvas, Paint, Oil

August Wilhelm DresslerAkt mit Strümpfen, 1926

$1,720

Akt mit Strümpfen

By August Wilhelm Dressler

Located in Wien, 9

August Dressler is one of the painters of the New Objectivity. He is one of the lesser-known artists of the Weimar era, but he too, like his famous contemporaries Georg Grosz, John H...

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1920s Modern August Wilhelm Dressler Art

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Ink, Watercolor

August Wilhelm DresslerStehender Akt / Standing Nude

$1,055

Stehender Akt / Standing Nude

By August Wilhelm Dressler

Located in Wien, 9

August Dressler is one of the painters of the New Objectivity. He is one of the lesser-known artists of the Weimar era, but he too, like his famous contemporaries Georg Grosz, John H...

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20th Century Modern August Wilhelm Dressler Art

Materials

Paper, Graphite

August Wilhelm DresslerDame mit Hut

$747

Dame mit Hut

By August Wilhelm Dressler

Located in Wien, 9

August Dressler is one of the painters of the New Objectivity. He is one of the lesser-known artists of the Weimar era, but he too, like his famous contemporaries Georg Grosz, John H...

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20th Century Modern August Wilhelm Dressler Art

Materials

Paper, Pencil

August Wilhelm DresslerDie Bildhauerin

$2,965

Die Bildhauerin

By August Wilhelm Dressler

Located in Wien, 9

August Dressler is one of the painters of the New Objectivity. He is one of the lesser-known artists of the Weimar era, but he too, like his famous contemporaries Georg Grosz, John H...

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20th Century Modern August Wilhelm Dressler Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

August Wilhelm DresslerSalzburger Berge

$4,745

Salzburger Berge

By August Wilhelm Dressler

Located in Wien, 9

August Dressler is one of the painters of the New Objectivity. He is one of the lesser-known artists of the Weimar era, but he too, like his famous contemporaries Georg Grosz, John H...

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1930s Modern August Wilhelm Dressler Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

August Wilhelm DresslerMan with pipe, 1939

$2,519

Man with pipe

By August Wilhelm Dressler

Located in Wien, 9

August Dressler is one of the painters of the New Objectivity. He is one of the lesser-known artists of the Weimar era, but he too, like his famous contemporaries Georg Grosz, John H...

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1930s Modern August Wilhelm Dressler Art

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Anna Elkan Meltzer“The Big City, 1948” Grand Central Station NYC Manhattan Female WPA Modernist, 1948

$12,000

H 33.38 in W 28.38 in D 2.5 in

“The Big City, 1948” Grand Central Station NYC Manhattan Female WPA Modernist

Located in Yardley, PA

“The Big City, 1948” by Anna Elkan Meltzer (American, 1896-1974) One of Meltzer’s finest works, this painting encapsulates the organized chaos of Grand Central Terminal in NYC in th...

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1940s American Modern August Wilhelm Dressler Art

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Oil, Canvas

Antique Old Master Continental School Bird Still Life Framed Oil Painting, 1800

$1,996Sale Price|20% Off

H 31 in W 36 in D 2 in

Antique Old Master Continental School Bird Still Life Framed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique oil painting featuring brids. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.

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Early 1800s Modern August Wilhelm Dressler Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Morris Zirlin"Joni" - Mid Century Modern Portrait of a Girl in Yellow Dress in Oil on Canvas, mid 20th Century

$850

H 24.75 in W 20.75 in D 1.25 in

"Joni" - Mid Century Modern Portrait of a Girl in Yellow Dress in Oil on Canvas

Located in Soquel, CA

"Joni" - Portrait of a Girl in a Yellow Dress in Oil on Canvas Skillful portrait of a young girl by Morris Zirlin (American, 1913-1990). A young girl with wide brown eyes poses for ...

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1950s Modern August Wilhelm Dressler Art

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Vintage American Modernist Minimal Still Life Interior Scene Framed Oil Painting, 1970

$795

H 21 in W 29 in D 2 in

Vintage American Modernist Minimal Still Life Interior Scene Framed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American modernist still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 21 by 29 inches overall. Handsomely framed in whi...

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1960s Modern August Wilhelm Dressler Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Portrait of Woman - Drawing - Early 20th century, Early 20th century

$415

H 13.78 in W 10.24 in D 0.04 in

Portrait of Woman - Drawing - Early 20th century

Located in Roma, IT

Portrait of Woman is a drawing realized in the early 20th century by an Anonymous French artist. Pencil on paper. The state of preservation is good. The artwork is represented thr...

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Early 20th Century Modern August Wilhelm Dressler Art

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Paper, Pencil

Antique American School Signed Cubist Modern Flower Still Life Oil Painting, 1940

$1,196Sale Price|20% Off

H 30 in W 16 in D 2 in

Antique American School Signed Cubist Modern Flower Still Life Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American signed modernist flower still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 16L x 30H.

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1950s Modern August Wilhelm Dressler Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Latin Amercian Modernist Framed Tropical Mountain Landscape Oil Painting, 1984

$495

H 14 in W 12 in D 2 in

Vintage Latin Amercian Modernist Framed Tropical Mountain Landscape Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage Latin American modernist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection.

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1980s Modern August Wilhelm Dressler Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Vintage American Modernist Flower Still Life Framed Interior Scene Oil Painting, 1970

$975

H 25 in W 21 in D 2 in

Vintage American Modernist Flower Still Life Framed Interior Scene Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American modernist framed still life painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Image size, 16 by 20 inches.

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1970s Modern August Wilhelm Dressler Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage American School Modernist Rose Flower Still Life Nicely Framed Painting, 1948

$396Sale Price|20% Off

H 15 in W 13 in D 2 in

Vintage American School Modernist Rose Flower Still Life Nicely Framed Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Impressive early American modernist still life oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 10H by 8L.

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1940s Modern August Wilhelm Dressler Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage American Modernist Still Life Oil Painting, Unknown

$495

H 23 in W 17 in D 2 in

Vintage American Modernist Still Life Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American still life painting. Oil on canvas. Framed in a period wood frame. Measuring: 23 by 17 inches overall and 19 by 13 inches painting alone. Excellent condition, ready...

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20th Century Modern August Wilhelm Dressler Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

John PeersCrying Clown Portrait in Oil on Canvas, c. 1970

$750

H 20 in W 20 in D 1.5 in

Crying Clown Portrait in Oil on Canvas

Located in Soquel, CA

Crying Clown Portrait in Oil on Canvas Portrait of a sad clown by San Francisco artist John Peers (American, 1922-2009). This portrait is closely fra...

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1970s American Modern August Wilhelm Dressler Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dorothy Milne EggenStill Life of Fruit on Table Style of Paul Cézanne, 1962

$2,650

H 22.75 in W 26.5 in D 0.75 in

Still Life of Fruit on Table Style of Paul Cézanne

Located in Soquel, CA

Modern Cézanne style still life with collage by Dorothy Jane (Milne) Eggen (American, 1907-1986) Her still life is a Homage to Paul Cézanne's ...

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1960s American Modern August Wilhelm Dressler Art

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Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board, Newsprint

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