Wilhelm HAVERKAMP

PORTRAIT OF A MAN IN A HAT
Oil, canvas pasted on cardboard; 34.7 x 28.4 cm
Signed: scratched W. Haverkamp
On the back a faintly legible oval stamp.
Condition: nail marks on the left side
Wilhelm HAVERKAMP
1864 Senden - 1929 Berlin
German sculptor and medalist. Graduate of the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin (studied under Albert Wolff and Fritz Schaper). He was a professor at the academy at the Berlin Museum of Arts and Crafts. He received gold medals at exhibitions for his sculptures. He was also awarded the Prussian orders of Albert the Bear and Red Eagle. In 1916, he was appointed a member of the Prussian Academy of Arts. Among other things, he was the author of the statue of Kaiser Wilhelm I in Elblag (1905).
Although the figure of a melancholy man in a hat bears some resemblance to the author - it may be a study in Gericault's type of madmen.
Asking price 800
Estimate 1000 - 1200 inquire about the object