Composition Power, 1924

ArtistCarl Buchheister, Hannover 1890–1964 Hannover

Oil on canvas

(H x W)160 × 72 cm

Status

not on display

About the workFor Carl Buchheister, an artist from Hannover, the creation of tension and simultaneous harmony in an image was central. In this painting, he endeavoured to depict a feeling of power. He described the red motif as a “rhythm of force”, which is made up of a rigid, primary component and a dynamic secondary one. It only unfolds its intense effect in combination with yellow. Buchheister is one of the most represented artists in Willi Kemp’s collection. The two were close friends. After the artist’s death, Kemp compiled his catalogue raisonné together with his widow.

AccessionKemp Collection Foundation

ProvenanceUntil July 1969 in possession of Elisabeth Buchheister (1906 - 1989), wife of the artist; July 1969 Willi Kemp (Cologne 1927 - 2020 Düsseldorf) acquired from Elisabeth Buchheister; 2011 Kemp Collection Foundation in the Kunstpalast acquired by gift of Willi Kemp

Inventory number0.mkp.2011.Kemp010

Contact

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