Lot 88: SCHLICHT, GEORG

GEORG OSKAROVICH SCHLICHT (RUSSIAN 1886-1964), "Still Life with Flowers and Teacup", circa 1930s, oil on canvas, 63 x 53 cm (24 3/4 x 20 7/8 in.), signed upper left, also with elaborate ink-drawn designs on the verso. RELATED LITERATURE: O. Krylowa, Prof. A. Krylow, "Der Feuervogel des Georg Schlicht", Berlin: Johnnes Verlag. Georg Schlicht was born in Russia in 1886 to Sofia Galjatina, a descendant of a Russian aristocratic family, and Oskar Schlicht, a German engineer. In 1902, his family moved to Saratov, where he attended the Bogoliubov School of Art from 1908 to 1910. In 1911 Schlicht's works were exhibited in St. Petersburg along with those of Malevich and Mussatov. Marrying Xenia Silin in 1912, the daughter of another Russian aristocratic family, Schlicht was eventually interned in Ufa in 1915, and finally expelled in 1918 to Germany following the Revolution. In Germany, he lived and worked in Berlin and was supported by Max Liebermann. Schlicht participated in the 1922 Spring Exhibition of the Berlin Academy of Arts along with Pechstein, Kirchner, Slevogt, Schmidt-Rotluff, and others. Schlicht's work during the 1930s concentrated on portraits and still-lifes. He died in 1964 in Berlin