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PETER FLINSCH (1920 - 2010)
Group of 4 Drawings i) In the Green. Crayon and ink on paper. signed, Flinsch, dated, 16 7 03, lower left. Inscribed as titled, lower right. 133x152 mm; 5 1/4x6 inches. 2003. ii) The Birds Ard Coming. Crayon and ink on paper. signed, Flinsch, dated, 16 7 03, lower right. Inscribed as titled, lower left. 133x152 mm; 5 1/4x6 inches. 2003. iii) Poly Poty. Crayon and ink on paper. signed, Flinsch, dated, 14 7 03, upper left. Inscribed illegibly, lower left. 133x152 mm; 5 1/4x6 inches. 2003. iv) A Red Towel. Crayon and ink on paper. signed, Flinsch, dated, 16 7 03, lower left. Inscribed as titled, lower right. 133x152 mm; 5 1/4x6 inches. 2003.
Provenance: Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art Collection, New York.
Peter Flinsch was born in Germany in 1920. In the early years of World War II, he was drafted into Hitler's army. While enlisted he was arrested for kissing a fellow soldier, court martialed, and forced to serve in a minesweeping detail under harsh conditions. There, he contracted malaria. After the war Flinsch was employed painting communist heroes in East Germany. He moved to Paris, finally settling in Canada in 1952. Flinsch worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a Set Designer and Art Director, while pursuing a lifelong art career exploring the male nude. In 2008, Ross Higgins published an overview of the artist's career titled, "Peter Flinsch: The Body in Question."
