Artist's Resale Right "Droit de Suite". While he had maintained a general interest in the arts throughout his life, a gift of a Paul Klee drawing on the occasion of his 65th birthday inspired Reinold to begin a prolific collecting journey that would occupy him throughout the s and s. Alongside his collecting activities he was also a generous patron and philanthropist, donating several important artworks to local museums and galleries in Hamburg, and providing financial assistance to a number of artistic institutions.
There is also a strong focus on figurative representation in his acquisitions, while many works appear to have been chosen for their powerfully expressionistic approach to colour. Indeed, the collection is filled with paintings that utilise luminous, vibrant pigments to bring a bold sense of energy and life to their subject matter.
Other works offer an insight into the internal battles which occupied their creators during pivotal moments in their careers. Whether in the midst of experimenting with a new painterly style or investigating alternative media, they capture painting in its rawest and most vigorous form, as each artist strives to translate their subjective vision of the world onto their canvases with an intensity and passion that reflects their experiences.
Painted in Adolf Loos, Vienna, by Marlborough Fine Art Ltd. Wilhelm Reinold, Hamburg, by whom acquired from the above on 28 April , and thence by descent to the present owners.
Grohmann, illustrated p. III, no. Grohmann, die sammlung Ida Bienert, Dresden, Potsdam, , p. Hoffmann, Kokoschka: Life and Work, London, , no. Wingler, Kokoschka-Fibel, Salzburg, , p. Bultmann, Oskar Kokoschka, Salzburg, , no. Jacoba van Heemskerck, October Geburtstag, April - June , no.
