Bathers in the Reed, 1910

ArtistErich Heckel, Döbeln 1883–1970 Radolfzell

Oil on canvas

(H x W)70,5 × 80 cm

Status

on display, room 018.4

About the workSix naked people dominate the foreground of this work and stand in vivid contrast to the bright blue of the water. The style is wild and striking; the pure colours seem two-dimensional, the figures somewhat indistinct. Between 1909 and 1911, Erich Heckel often spent time at the Moritzburg lakes with his artist friend Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, freely indulging in nature and painting. The goal was to find a new unity between art and life.

AccessionAcquisition 1955

ProvenanceBis 1955 im Eigentum des Künstlers; 6.12.1955 angekauft von der Galerie Günther Franke, München (vermutlich in Kommission für den Künstler)

Inventory number0.1955.5314

Expressionism
Die Brücke
Modernism
Nudes

Contact

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