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Exquisite watercolor from 1944, considered Fischinger's strongest decade for his artwork. Clearly a study for a possible film project; the smaller forms are reminiscent of his famous Studies films of the 1930s (particularly a key sequence in Studie nr. 8). Fischinger made several of his color film masterpieces during the 1940s, while he received support from The Guggenheim Foundation. The musical shapes are a common element throughout his paintings of this period. Fischinger is known for his films and oil paintings, but watercolors are rare. From a private collection.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Artist's biography

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Oskar Fischinger paintings and artwork are in the collections of The Guggenheim (New York), The Norton Simon Museum (Pasadena), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Deutsches Filmmuseum (Frankfurt), Milwaukee Art Museum, Long Beach Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art and others worldwide.

[about Studies 5 - 12] "absolute graphic fims to music - soundfilm; produced in Berlin, Germany and distributed all over the world. To name the countries where these films were sold: Germany, Belgium, Holland, France, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Portugal (South America - Argentina, Brasil, Uruguay, Chile) (North America - U.S.A., Canada), England, Ireland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Hungary, Japan, and Czlechoslovakia. - Oskar Fischinger, from "Account of artistic creations," unpublished typescript, n.d.

Fischinger artwork (c) Fischinger Trust. Purchase does not transfer copyright.