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Karl Weschke (1925-2005)Coastal Landscape Charcoal, 56 x 76cm (22 x 30)Signed and dated '57. Signed again verso A German born painter from Thuringia, Weschke was conscripted into the Luftwaffe while in his teens. Captured in Holland he came to Britain as a prisoner of war. Upon his release he studied at St. Martin‰Ûªs College although he was largely self-taught. He later moved to St.Ives, where he exhibited at the Penwith Gallery and in group shows. His style is rather more figurative than his contemporaries. His work is often concerned with the female torso. A retrospective was held at the Tate St. Ives in 2004.