Hermann Max Pechstein

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Description

Hermann Max Pechstein
ABSTOSSENDE BOOTE (NIDDEN) (DEPARTING BOATS, NIDDEN) - rectoHÄUSER MIT GÄRTEN (HOUSES WITH GARDENS) - verso
signed HMP and dated 20 (recto, lower right)
oil on canvas
67 by 90cm., 26 3/8 by 35 3/8 in.

Provenance

Max Osborn, Berlin
Acquired by the father of the present owner in the 1950s

Exhibited

Schleswig, Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum (on loan from 1989-2006)

Catalogue Note

Abstossende Boote (Nidden) was painted in 1920, during Max Pechstein’s last summer in Nidden, a village near the Baltic Sea. According to Max K. Pechstein, the present work is no. 12 from the series of paintings titled Fischerleben (the life of fishermen).

It was Nidden where Pechstein frequently returned to since 1909 and created some of his most important and well-known works. The themes of fishermen, ships and the sea are subject-matters that are recurring in the painter’s œuvre. His fascination with fishers can be traced back to his journey in 1913 and the time he spent in Monterosso al Mare. The strong waves and the fight of man with the elements are especially emphasised in the present work. Strong diagonals dominate the composition and give it a dynamic that marked the beginning of a new stylistic development in Pechstein’s work.

comp: 117d06008 Fig.1, verso of the present work