Lot no. 520
Christian Rohlfs
Gelbe Lilien auf rotem Grund
Wassertempera auf genarbtem Aquarellpapier. 49 x 66,5 cm. Unter Glas gerahmt. Unten rechts rot monogrammiert und datiert 'CR 18'. - Äußerst farbfrisch erhalten. Vollständig auf Unterpapier und auf Karton montiert. Am Oberrand mit kurzen unauffälligen Stauchungen.
Nicht bei Vogt
Die Arbeit ist beim Christian Rohlfs-Archiv im Osthaus Museum, Hagen, angefragt und wird beim nächsten Treffen des Gremiums am 7. Mai 2018 vorgestellt.
Provenienz
Privatsammlung Baden Württemberg
Mit erstaunlicher Leichtigkeit überträgt Christian Rohlfs seine im Verlauf der 1910er Jahre gewonnenen gestalterischen Erfahrungen aus der Ölmalerei in die Aquarell- und Temperamalerei. Schon früh hatte er sich maltechnischen Experimenten geöffnet, doch gerade im Umgang mit Papier sollte sich sein künstlerischer Schaffensprozess als besonders avanciert darstellen. Vor allem im Blumenbild vermochte Christian Rohlfs den für seine Kunst so zentralen Ausdruck der Farbe zu besonderer Präsenz zu führen. In klingendem Gelb platziert er in unserem Werk einen Strauß strahlender Lilienblüten vor warmrotem Grund, ergänzt durch grüne und blaue Akzente in Blattwerk und Vase. Die strenge Raumaufteilung der Komposition weist hier ebenso auf die Entstehungszeit vor 1920 hin, wie die expressionistisch-klare Formensprache. Berücksichtigt man das Entstehungsjahr 1918, so scheinen die strahlenden Grundfarben und das Leuchten der Lilien von umso bemerkenswerterer Kraft und Lebendigkeit.
Christian Rohlfs
Gelbe Lilien auf rotem Grund
Water tempera on textured watercolour paper. 49 x 66.5 cm. Framed under glass. Monogrammed and dated 'CR 18' in red lower right. - Very vibrant colours. Completely mounted on backing paper and card. Short inconspicuous compressions in upper margin.
Not recorded by Vogt
The work has been enquired at the Christian Rohlfs Archive at the Osthaus Museum, Hagen, and will be presented at the next meeting of the committee on 7 May 2018.
Provenance
Private collection; Baden Württemberg
With an astounding ease Christian Rohlfs transferred the artistic experiences he gained while painting in oils during the second decade of the 20th century to watercolour and tempera painting. He had already been open to experiments in painting technique early on, but it was precisely in his approach to paper that his artistic creative process would present itself as exceptionally advanced. Particularly in his floral pieces, Rohlfs was able to invest the chromatic expression so central to his art with an especially strong presence. In our work he has placed a bouquet of radiant lilies in ringing yellow before a warm red background, complemented by green and blue accents in the foliage and vase. Here the composition's strict partitioning of space points to the work's creation before 1920, as does the expressionistically clear vocabulary of forms. Considering the year the work was painted - 1918 - the radiant primary colours and the luminosity of the lilies seem all the more remarkable for their power and vitality.
Pictures credits: Contact organization
Drawings, watercolours and pastels
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