Dancers (Danseres)
Linoleum cut, 1922, small edition. 12 1/2 x 9 in. Signed, titled and dated in ink. Here we have a fine impression printed on a thin light tan paper. The margins are full. The condition is fine apart from slight wrinkling along the left edge of the sheet. Often, as we see here, Bieling's images are comprised of dynamic geometric forms and lines to enhance the overall composition and primary subject.
$800

Fair in de Doelen (Kermis in de Doelen)
Woodcut, 1922, edition unknown. 8 7/8 x 12 1/4 in. Signed, dated and titled in pencil. Here we have a fine impression in fine condition. The margins are full. Bieling was a Rotterdam artist and a founder of De Branding, an avant-garde artists association. He had a studio fire in 1933 and there lost much of his early work. De Doelen was a fair venue in Rotterdam but it was destroyed by the Nazis in 1940. (It was rebuilt in 1966 as a convention center.)
SOLD

Night
Intaglio printed from an aluminum plate, 1922, small edition. 18 3/4 x 9 1/8 in. Signed, titled and dated in pencil. A fine impression in fine condition. Full margins. Bieling lived and worked in Rotterdam and his experimental, expressionist prints are quite good. Analysis of the human figure plays an important role in his prints.
SOLD

Nude (Naakt)
Woodcut (linocut?), 1920, edition unknown. 17 3/4 x 8 5/8 in. Signed, titled and dated in ink. Printed by the artist and so inscribed. This is a superb impression of the large work. The margins are full and the condition is fine. Bieling was a Rotterdam artist who founded an artistic group called "De Branding" (meaning surf or breakers in Dutch). He had connections with art groups including De Stijl and Der Sturm. Bieling was also an organizer of shows which included his work and those by Kurt Schwitters, Piet Mondriaan and many other cutting edge artists. He was an active proponent of modernism in Dutch painting and printmaking during the 1920s and 1930s. Much of his work was lost during a major fire in his studio in 1930.
$1,200

Nude (Naakt)
Linoleum cut, 1920, edition unknown. 14 1/2 x 7 3/8 in. Signed, dated and titled in ink. Printed by the artist and so inscribed. This is a fine, rich impression with full margins. The condition is fine apart from minor handling creases in the margins. Bieling did a series of these nude figure studies in the 1920s.
$900

Passerby (Passante)
Linocut, 1920, edition unknown. 12 1/8 x 8 5/8 in. Signed, dated, titled, and inscribed "gedr d.d. artist" (printed by the artist). This is a superb, rich impression of this stellar work. The paper is a sturdy wove and the margins are full. There's slight wrinkling and small marks primarily in the lower margin. Bieling lived and worked in Rotterdam. He founded an artistic group called De Branding (The Surf or Breakers) which promoted the new modernism in Dutch art. Stylistically, his work relates to de Ploeg but he was not a formal member of the group.
SOLD

The Poet (Der Dichter)
Woodcut, 1920, edition unknown. 11 5/8 x 10 in. Initialed in the block, lower right. Signed, dated and titled in ink. The margins are full and the condition is fine. The image is printed on the back of a sheet of incunabula published by Michael Furter, Basel, (in facsimile). Bieling was a Rotterdam artist who founded an artistic group called "De Branding" (meaning surf or breakers in Dutch). He had connections with art groups including De Stijl and Der Sturm. Bieling was also an organizer of shows which included his work and those by Kurt Schwitters, Piet Mondriaan and many other cutting edge artists. He was an active proponent of modernism in Dutch painting and printmaking during the 1920s and 1930s. Much of his work was lost during a major fire in his studio in 1930.
$1,000