About the work
Christian Modersohn painted this wonderfully bright watercolour in the atmosphere of the advancing twilight. The gaze travels over the flat landscape to a small row of trees, the colours of which transform into grey shadows in the twilight. Contours and details blur in the mist of the cool evening, while a virtually magical brilliance penetrates through the blue-grey of the sky, which is streaked with clouds.
Light and colour are the actual protagonists of this watercolour. It is these that interest the Fischerhude artist, who repeatedly made the water-abundant meadows near his studio the subjects of his painting. In numerous variations on the theme, he directed his attention to the variability of the landscape in the changeful light of the times of day and seasons.
Text authored and provided by Dr. Doris Hansmann, Art historian
Studies of art history, theater, film and television, English and Romance Languages at the University of Cologne, doctorated in 1994. Research assistant at the Art Museum Düsseldorf. Lecturer and project manager at Wienand Verlag, Cologne. Freelance work as an author, editor and book producer for publishers and museums in Germany and abroad. From 2011 chief editor at Wienand Verlag, from 2019 to 2021 senior editor at DCV, Dr. Cantz’sche Verlagsgesellschaft, Berlin. Numerous publications on the art of the 20th and 21st centuries.
