Framed Theo Bleser Tank Officer Portrait

Description:

Framed Theo Bleser Tank Officer Portrait, c. 1945, oil on board of a lieutenant wearing tanker uniform and helmet, with a 10th Armored Division patch on his left sleeve, background depicts a German city on fire and a tank, marked in lower left corner Theo Bleser/GRASSAU 45, and on the right painted in red is the date FEBRUARY 27, 1945, ht. 25, wd. 20 1/4 in.

Note: Grassau, Germany, is a market town in Bavaria, which was taken by the 10th Armored "Tiger" Division in 1945. Theo Bleser (1918-1974) was a well-known German illustrator who worked in the Munich area.
Estimate $500-700

painting is in good condition with a few small holes in the wood panel.


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