Karl May (1901-1976). Reclining Dromedary.

“Reclining Dromedary“ - The one humped Arabian camel.

Portrait by Karl May (1901–1976), a German-Canadian Expressionist who studied in Prague and Vienna.

“Karl May was born in Bohemia and studied in Prague and Vienna where he was associated with the artistic movements of Die Brücke and Der Blaue Reiter. He received the Rome Prize and was subsequently appointed to a professorship at the Prague Academy of Art. He exhibited his work successfully during the early 1930s, however, with the rise of Nazism, his modernist tendencies led to the condemnation of his work. His paintings were included in the 1937 "Degenerate Art" exhibition in Berlin and, later, confiscated and destroyed by the National Socialist Government. In 1952, May traveled to Canada as an artistic adviser to the Canadian International Trade Fair and, subsequently, became a Canadian citizen, settling in the May Valley of the Laurentians north of Montreal. For the next 25 years, he exhibited widely and with success and was the recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards. Karl May is listed in the Vollmer supplement to Thieme Becker's definitive dictionary of artists, and his work is held in prominent private and public collections including the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Canada.“ - Sotheby’s bio. You can view work sold of his by them by clicking here.

This piece is from his thankfully saved series of simplified animal depictions, black chalk, partially washed in blue on paper, signed and dated “may 48” in the lower left corner.

Approximately 43 x 61 cm (framed behind glass and mat of approximately 62 x 80 cm).

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