CLAUS BERGEN. (Stuttgart 1885 - 1964 Lenggries) - "Detail from the Skagerrak battle of May 31, 1916" - oil/canvas. 55x82.5cm. Signed, dated and inscribed lower right: Claus Bergen - August 1919 Munich. Unframed.

Literature: Vollmer, 1, p.178; Hormann/Klien, Claus Bergen. Marine painters over four epochs, 2002. German marine painter, repeatedly awarded, who worked during the 1. World War I worked as a war painter for the German High Seas Fleet. His pictures of the Battle of the Skagerrak have a high level of authenticity. On board the SMS Margrave, he personally took part in the naval battle, of which he made a number of sketches and paintings.