ROHLFS, CHRISTIAN1849 Niendorf - 1938 Hagen


Title: Buchenwald.
Date: Ca. 1902.
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Measurement: 68,5 x 42cm.
Notation: Monogrammed lower right: CR.
Frame/Pedestal: Craftman's frame.


Enclosed with the work is an expertise by Prof. Paul Vogt, Essen.

Provenance:
- Private collection, Essen
- Galerie Neher, Essen (adhesive label)
- Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Independent foundation under the care of Deutsches Stiftungszentrum, Essen

Literature:
- Vogt, Paul (ed.): Christian Rohlfs - Oeuvre Katalog der Gemälde, Recklinghausen 1978, cat. rais. no. 772, ill. (here with deviating dimensions)
- Oeuvre Katalog der Gemälde, Recklinghausen 1978, cat. rais. no. 772, ill. (here with deviating dimensions)


- Atmospherically dense autumn painting with luminous colours and shimmering light mood
- Pointillist painting style with dissolved colour structure already indicates transition to expressive phase
- Outstanding example of Rohlfs' search for a synthesis of observation of nature and emotional colour design.