Karl-Heinz Hansen-Bahia - Woodcut "Interior with native woman" made for ARTA in 1963, signed - Sold

• A lithograph made in 1963 by German art signs and graphics by Karl Heinz HANSEN-BAHIA (1915-1978) entitled "interieur met inheemse vrouw". Number 21 in an oplage of 200 ex. op dik paper. Located in the state with lots of colors. Potlood-designed and titled. Beeldmaat 45x34cm (HxW). Blade size 50x39cm.

• The Hamburg-born artist Karl Heinz HANSEN-BAHIA (1915-1978) created woodcut series and individual sheets of religious and contemporary critical content since 1946. In 1949 he emigrated to Brazil, worked and taught initially in São Paulo, where his first exhibitions also took place, and then moved then to Salvador da Bahia, which became his second home.

Here, where he received essential artistic impulses, his unmistakable technique was developed through tireless work on the piece of wood, which made him one of the most important German woodcutters of the post-war period. In 1959 he returned to Germany for three years, but then returned after another three years. , during which he held a professorship at the Academy of Arts in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), he finally returned to Bahia and acquired Brazilian citizenship.
However, the connection to his birth country never completely broke off. Extensive retrospectives took place in 1971/72, for which the artist visited Germany, as well as one last time on the occasion of his 60th birthday.
His most recent works include woodcuts on ancient themes, e.g. the templates for Rudolf Hagelstange's retelling of Odysseus ("The Great Filou", List-Verlag), in which he humorously satirizes the all too martial deeds of the Homeric hero, as well as, as a personal legacy, his last Stations of the Cross ("Kneel down if you can"), in which the timeless suffering of Christ is interpreted in the light of current events.