The Mosses of Kaiserswerth, 1957
Oil on canvas
(H x W)200 × 100 cm
About the workGerhard Hoehme used a brush and a palette knife to form thick layers of paint on the canvas. The resulting pattern is characterised by earthy green tones and appears lush and saturated – like waterlogged moss growing out of the picture plane. At the time this work was created, Hoehme was living in Kaiserswerth, a district of Düsseldorf close to nature. His interest in colour as a carrier of time and space is evident here in the symbolism of a plant that stores water, survives extreme conditions and sprouts again and again.
AccessionKemp Collection Foundation 2011
ProvenanceJuni 1964 Willi Kemp (Köln 1927 - 2020 Düsseldorf) erworben vom Künstler; 2011 Stiftung Sammlung Kemp im Kunstpalast erworben durch Schenkung Willi Kemp
Inventory number0.mkp.2011.Kemp090
