Walter Schnackenberg, Escaping Eerie Monsters on the Roof at Night - Macabre Fantasy, 1955

Renowned artist Walter Schnackenberg departs from this jovial poster art to paint an eerie nocturnal scene depicting a female subject running for her life from macabre roof monsters.
The work is masterfully designed and rendered, with a blue cast that advances the nightmarish narrative. The female subject's face conveys a palpable sense of fear that sends chills down the viewer's spine. It may be best not to view the work right before bedtime.

Escaping Over the Roof -
Frame Size: 24.25 x 19.75 Framed under glass
Provenance
Day & Faber, London
Pen and Ink and Watercolor on Paper
Size 17.25 . 13.25
US$14,000 Plus shipping
Walter Schnackenberg . German, 1880–1961


Walter Schnackenberg (2 May 1880, Lauterberg - 10 January 1961, Degerndorf im Landkreis Rosenheim) was a German painter and illustrator.
Life

He went to Munich aged 19 to study under Heinrich Knirr and then Franz von Stuck, where he gained a reputation for drawings and caricatures. In the following years his drawings appeared in the art magazine Jugend and the satirical magazine "Simplicissimus". He traveled to Paris several times, where he met Picasso in 1908-1909 in Montparnasse and was inspired by the works of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. 1908/09 Paris, Montparnasse , acquaintance with Picasso. He married the daughter of Carl von Thieme, co-founder of the Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft (MüRück, Münchener Rück, Munich Re) and the Allianz Versicherung. In 1907, Thieme and MüRück participated in the founding of the Europäischen Güter- und Reisegepäck-Versicherungs-AG in Budapest.

He also designed stage sets, theatre costumes and posters, including a signed one around 1920 for his father-in-law's Europäische Güter- und Reisegepäck-Versicherungs-AG travel insurance firm[1] and examples for Munich's Deutsches Theater.
Bio from Wikipedia