Eifelgold (Schleiden Valley in Broom Blossom), 1904
Oil on canvas
Dimensions with frame157 × 177 × 12,5 cm
Dimensions without frame130,8 × 150 cm
About the workThe Düsseldorf painter Fritz von Wille was so enthusiastic about the Eifel that he travelled there many times and later acquired Kerpen Castle as a second home. He created numerous works with motifs from the region, which earned him the nickname "Eifel painter". In this work, he captured the vastness of the landscape with an atmospheric interplay of light and clouds. He particularly emphasised the golden yellow flowers of the broom bush, which is widespread there. Broom grows in rough locations such as rocks or poor meadows and is also known in German as "Eifelgold" (Eifel Gold) because of its extraordinary colour.
AccessionAcquisition 1904
Provenance[...]; 1904 erworben von der Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
Inventory numberM 5095
