HECKEL, ERICH
1883 Döbeln–1970 Radolfzell

Title: "Unter Bäumen".
Date: 1921.
Technique: Gouache, watercolour and pencil on laid paper.
Measurement: 60 x 48 cm.
Notation: Signed, dated and titled lower right: Heckel 21 Unter Bäumen.
Frame: Framed.



Provenance:
- - Galerie Roman Norbert Ketterer, Campione

- Private collection (acquired from the previous owner in 1966)

- Serge Sabarsky Gallery, New York

- Private collection South America/Germany (acquired from the previous owner in 1981)


Exhibition:
- Galerie Wilhelm Grosshennig, Düsseldorf 1958

- Galerie Roman Norbert Ketterer, Campione 1966


Literature:
- Exhib. cat. Galerie Wilhelm Grosshennig, Düsseldorf 1958, cat. no. 5

- Exhib. cat. Galerie Roman Norbert Ketterer, Campione, 1966, cat. no. 122



- Nudes in natural settings are the most important group of subjects from his creative period in the early 1920s

- Idyllic scenes rendered in vibrant colours

- An outstanding example of Heckel’s masterful watercolour technique



Following the end of the First World War and Heckel’s voluntary service as a nurse

with a Red Cross unit in Flanders, he began in the early 1920s

to resume and intensify his annual study trips.

Summer by the sea became an integral part of his artistic creative process, and

during journeys throughout Europe, he produced numerous

watercolours and sketches right up into the 1940s.

This work dates from 1921 and represents a particularly striking

example of that creative period. The dense forest looks almost like a jungle, in front of

which Heckel has placed two nudes on the seashore. The red light of the setting

sun is reflected on the bodies and along the shoreline, whilst the deep blue shadows at the

edge of the forest emphasise the presence of nature.



It is in works such as “Unter Bäumen” that Heckel’s love and connection to nature

become particularly evident. The almost paradisiacal scene is not only an

impressive example of Heckel’s technical mastery, but also reveals

the way in which Heckel perceived nature, thus offering a particularly direct glimpse

into the artist’s soul,



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