Held in custody on charges of seducing a girl under age, these years were not easy. But his landscapes developed well, thanks to the influence of Klimt.
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Focussing particularly on his landscapes, this short series commemorates the centenary of his death a century ago.
Wonderful ‘Gothic’ Romantic paintings of remoteness, religion, and rugged landscape from Germany in the 19th century. A very influential painter indeed.
Co-founder of the highly influential DĂĽsseldorf School, he was influenced by Caspar David Friedrich, and Gothic Romantic fiction.
Decidedly Post-Impressionist, his loose style and rough facture did not impress the critics at first. Painting a mixture of landscapes and scenes from the centre of Berlin, he was still looking for the right formula.
Framing a landscape with a window forms a picture within a picture, and can reverse the traditional device of repoussoir.
An overview of more than fifty years of his magnificent landscapes, from the rolling countryside of Isère, in the east of France, to the heat of Le Cannet in the south.
Paintings of exuberant brilliant yellow mimosa, bleak self-portraits, and his favourite views around Le Cannet from his final years.
Landscapes and paintings of Marthe in the bath reached a peak in which colour was supreme, and form became fluid and adaptable.
In the 1930s, he painted more watercolours, intimate domestic scenes, and nudes. Despite being in his mid-sixties, his work showed no sign of easing off.
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