Uwe Herbst (born 1952 Cologne) "African market". Original title Depiction of a lively market in which the brightly coloured fruit and clothes form effective accents. In terms of style and motif, this is a characteristic work by the German Post-Impressionist, whose intense colouring and two-dimensionality are in the tradition of the French Fauvists. Herbst emigrated to France with his parents and later graduated from high school in Paris. This opened his eyes to foreign cultures before he returned to Germany in 1990. Uneducated by an academic education, he studied modern art, in particular French painters such as Gauguin, Bonnard and Derain, and developed his own style from this. The main themes of his oeuvre include southern, Mediterranean landscapes and market scenes. Oil on canvas; r. and monogr. titled verso. 120 cm x 100 cm. Frame. Provenance: Dissolution of a southern German entrepreneur's collection. Oil on canvas. Monogrammed. Titled on the reverse.