Lot 475: Sylt

Köcke Hugo, Berlin 1876 - Westerland/Sylt 1956, Sylt, Oil/canvas, 40,5 x 60,5 cm, lo. ri. sign. Hugo Köcke, lo. le. titled, unframed. - Landscape a. figure painter. K. studied at the Berlin academy, joined the 'Vereinigung Berliner Künstler' a. exhibited regularly at the 'Große Berliner Kunstausstellung'. After moving to Sylt the island became the dominating subject of his art. - Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit, Vollmer a. others.