Catalogue for a special auction to the extraordinary Sander Collection, whose origins go back to the photographer August Sander (1876–1964). More than just a few of the works from the collection will be summoned to the art market for the very first time. Among them is Franz Wilhelm Seiwert´s monumental "Wandbild für einen Fotografen" from 1925, which hung in Cologne´s Museum Ludwig as a loan for a long time – a masterpiece by the artist, an icon of the era and a key painting of the Cologne Progressives!
The legendary Cologne photographer August Sander, who achieved worldwide fame with his opus “Citizens of the Twentieth Century”, played a central role in the Rhineland art scene of the 1920s.

Franz Wilhelm Seiwert, Heinrich Hoerle, Gerd Arntz and Otto Freundlich, amongst others, were all members of the “Cologne Progressives” who dedicated their artistic work to a classless society after the First World War. They were all friends of August Sander and had maintained a close artistic exchange.
The "Cologne Progressives" with their famous member August Sander were one of the most distinct artist groups of the Weimar Republic (1919–1933): The major themes of the time become apparent in the works of Franz Wilhelm Seiwert, Heinrich Hoerle, Gerd Arntz and their friends.