Uwe Herbst (born 1952 Cologne) "Market in Mali". Original title Depiction of a lively African weekly market, in which the bright colouring of the fruit, clothes and lengths of fabric is an essential means of expression. Characteristic work in style and motif by the German Post-Impressionist, inspired by Paul Gauguin and 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. 110 cm x 120 cm. Frame. Provenance: Dissolution of a southern German entrepreneur's collection. Oil on canvas. Monogrammed. Titled on the reverse.