Helmut Gerth Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Helmut Gerth Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 14, 2023
HELMUT GERTH (1917-2008), IND
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Helmut Gerth (1917-2008), Industrial Plant with Railway, oil on canvas, signed lower left ''H. Gerth Jr.'', 60,5 x 80,5 cm, framed 74 x 94 cm
Historia Auctionata
May. 27, 2023
Helmut Gerth, Mediterrane Seeuferszene
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Helmut Gerth, Mediterrane Seeuferszene Blick entlang einer besonnten Uferpromenade über das Meer, gering pastose Landschaftsmalerei, Öl auf Leinwand, um 1970, rechts unten signiert "H. Gerth Jr.", etwas reinigungsbedürftig, im Stuckrahmen (etwas restaurierungsbedürftig) gerahmt, Falzmaße ca. 60,5 x 80,5 cm. Künstlerinfo: eigentlich Otto Helmut Gerth, dt.-kanadischer Maler und Umweltschützer (1917 Stettin bis 2008 Montreal-Pierrefonds in Québec), künstlerisch weitestgehend Autodidakt, gefördert von Otto Thämer, ab 1936 Ausbildung an der Staatlichen Akademie für graphische Künste und Buchgewerbe in Leipzig, 1937–39 Studium an der Kunstschule Hamburg, zeitweise Schüler von Alfred Mahlau und Gerhard Ulrich, 1940–45 Kriegsdienst als Offizier im 2. Weltkrieg und US-Kriegsgefangenschaft bis Ende 1946, anschließend Weiterbildung in Düsseldorf und 1948 in München, 1955 Übersiedlung nach Montreal, hier tätig als Gebrauchswerber für die Lebensmittelkette Steinberg in den USA, parallel als Dozent für Malerei in Maine, Vermont und in der Region Charlevoix in Quebec tätig, 40 Jahre als Direktor und Kunstdozent für das Morgan Arboretum am westlichen Ende der Insel Montreal in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Québec tätig, lebte in Lakeshore und Pointe Claire, Quelle: AKL, Internet und Nachruf in der "The Gazette", Montreal, QC vom 04.12.2008. Helmut Gerth, Mediterranean lakeside scene View along a sunlit boardwalk over the sea, low impasto landscape painting, oil on canvas, circa 1970, signed lower right "H. Gerth Jr.", somewhat in need of cleaning, framed in a stucco frame (somewhat in need of restoration), folding dimensions approx. 60.5 x 80.5 cm. Artist info: actually Otto Helmut Gerth, German-Canadian painter and environmentalist.Canadian painter and environmentalist (1917 Stettin to 2008 Montreal-Pierrefonds in Québec), artistically largely self-taught, encouraged by Otto Thämer, from 1936 trained at the State Academy for Graphic Arts and Book Trade in Leipzig, 1937-39 studied at the Hamburg School of Art, at times a pupil of Alfred Mahlau and Gerhard Ulrich, 1940-45 military service as an officer in the Second World War and US prisoner of war. World War II and US prisoner of war until the end of 1946, then further training in Düsseldorf and 1948 in Munich, 1955 moved to Montreal, worked here as a commercial artist for the Steinberg grocery chain in the USA, at the same time worked as a lecturer in painting in Maine, Vermont and in the Charlevoix region of Quebec, worked for 40 years as director and art lecturer for the Morgan Arboretum on the western end of Montreal Island in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Quebec, lived in Lakeshore and Pointe Claire, Source: AKL, Internet and obituary in "The Gazette", Montreal, QC from 04.12.2008.
Auktionshaus Mehlis GmbH
Aug. 16, 2020
Helmut Gerth Oil on Canvas of Abstract Harbor Scene
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Signed lower left. In good condition. Measures 38" by 32"
Caswell Prewitt Realty, INC
Jun. 25, 2016
Gerth, Helmut (1917 Stettin - Montreal 2008). Stockenten fliegen über
Est: - €90
Gerth, Helmut (1917 Stettin - Montreal 2008). Stockenten fliegen über einen See bei Abendrot. Öl auf Lwd. 60 x 80 cm. Unt. li. sign. "H.Gerth Jr.". Gerahmt. - Vereinz. kl. Schabst.
Kiefer Buch- und Kunstauktionen
Mar. 13, 2016
Gerth, Helmut (German - Canadian, 1917-2008) Spanish Village - Oil Painting
Est: $300 - $500
Gerth, Helmut (German, Canada 1917-2008) Oil Painting. "Spanish Village". Oil on canvas painting. Signed lower left. In good condition. Measures 15 inches x 19 inches. Frame measures 19 inches x 23 inches. The artist's obituary from canada.com: Helmut Gerth, an accomplished West Island watercolour artist, encouraged hundreds of people who didn't know they had talent to take up the brush. Gerth was 91 when he died Monday, the day after he received a distinguished service award from the Morgan Arboretum in Ste. Anne de Bellevue. A former German army officer, Gerth was director emeritus of the 245-hectare arboretum, where he taught art for more than 40 years. He and his dog were a familiar sight on the grounds almost daily as Gerth sought inspiration for some of his works. In 1991 he initiated what has become an annual art sale, Arbo Expo, which raises money for the arboretum. His friends and many pupils are invited to remember him this afternoon between 2 and 4 p.m. at Collins Clarke MacGillivray White, at 222 Highway 20 in Pointe Claire. "He was passionate about art, animals and nature so we got along well together," said long-time friend Elizabeth Morgan. "He was always so elegant, so well dressed, he was certainly someone to see and to listen to, he was very erudite. He would come over to the house and hold court. He taught painting forever on the West Island." Gerth, a dentist's son, was born in Stettin, the state capital of what was then Pomerania, (now Szczecin, Poland), Feb. 4, 1917. Although largely self-taught, he studied drawing and painting with German painter Otto Thaemer. Gerth was 22 when the Second World War began and fought as a lieutenant in the German army's 223 Division. After the German surrender he spent a year and a half as a U.S. prisoner of war. "I had the good luck of hitting it off with my American counterpart, Colonel Steven Regner," he said. "In Italy I was put in charge of two-and-a-half thousand German and Italian prisoners and he allowed me to keep my dog, which was against the rules," he said in a Gazette interview. "When the dog was run over and killed by an American army vehicle, Regner brought me a bottle of scotch, which was as forbidden in the camp as the dog was forbidden." In 1947 he published an illustrated war diary, and with the proceeds from its sale travelled through Scandinavia, Italy, Israel and Greece and exhibited his works in Berlin, Munich and Paris. In 1955 Gerth emigrated to Canada with his wife and his sister's three children, whom he raised in Montreal. He opened a display company and did work for Molson Breweries before joining the Information, Advertising and Public Relations department for Expo 67. "It was difficult for him to make a life for himself when he first arrived in Canada, he had to shovel snow and do odd jobs to support his family," said Yves Jasmin, who was head of Expo's public relations department. "His military background was always the elephant in the room, the fact that he had served in the German army and was unapologetic about it was always a delicate point." In spite of his past, Gerth did display work for the Steinberg grocery chain. He also taught and gave art workshops in Maine, Vermont, and in Quebec's Charlevoix region. "He knew the great spots to paint," said watercolour artist Mary Hughson. "He had a sense of immediacy and was very decisive, and he tried to instil that in his pupils so their work was fresh and spontaneous. In watercolours, people can dab and dab until it turns to mud. He really pushed his students to raise the bar a little and to exhibit their work." His watercolours can be found in several museums and private collections in Canada and the United States. He designed and created murals for Trudeau International Airport and Prince Philip has one of Gerth's landscapes. "He never knew where his next dollar was coming from, and it never bothered him. He was generous to a fault," said his nephew, Christian Wendlandt. "He never thought about the
Myers Fine Art
Feb. 20, 2016
Gerth, Helmut
Est: - €120
Gerth, Helmut (1917 Stettin - Montreal 2008). Stockenten fliegen über einen See bei Abendrot. Öl auf Lwd. 60 x 80 cm. Unt. li. sign. "H.Gerth Jr.". Gerahmt. - Vereinz. kl. Schabst.
Kiefer Buch- und Kunstauktionen
Dec. 02, 2015
Helmut Gerth (1917-2008), studierte ab 1936 in Leipzig, Düsseldorf und München, 1955 Auswanderung nach Montreal, Küstenpartie am Abend, Öl7Lwd., u. re. sign. u. dat. (19)71, 50 x 60 cm, ger. 64 x 74 cm
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Helmut Gerth (1917-2008), studierte ab 1936 in Leipzig, Düsseldorf und München, 1955 Auswanderung nach Montreal, Küstenpartie am Abend, Öl7Lwd., u. re. sign. u. dat. (19)71, 50 x 60 cm, ger. 64 x 74 cm
Historia Auctionata
Jun. 28, 2015
Gerth, Helmut (1917 Stettin - Montreal 2008). Stockenten fliegen über einen See bei Abendrot. Ö
Est: - €200
Gerth, Helmut (1917 Stettin - Montreal 2008). Stockenten fliegen über einen See bei Abendrot. Öl auf Lwd. 60 x 80 cm. Unt. li. sign. "H.Gerth Jr.". Gerahmt. - Vereinz. kl. Schabst.
Kiefer Buch- und Kunstauktionen
May. 23, 2015
Helmut Gerth, 1917 Stettin-2008 Montreal,
Est: €150 - €300
Helmut Gerth, 1917 Stettin-2008 Montreal, View from San Remo, oil on canvas, signed lower right H.Gerth jun., lower left titled San Remo, about 50x40cm, frame
Henry's Auktionshaus