Garden gate (Macke)
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| Garden gate |
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| August Macke , 1914 |
| Watercolor on pencil |
| 31 × 22.5 cm |
| Municipal gallery in the Lenbachhaus, Munich |
Gartentor is one of the most famous watercolors by August Macke . It was written in the year of death of August Macke, one of the early fatalities of the First World War . The watercolor is now on permanent loan from the Gabriele Münter and Johannes Eichner Foundation in the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich.
Image content
August Macke traveled through Tunis for 14 days with Paul Klee and Louis Moilliet . During this trip to Tunis, the artists were guests of the doctor Jaeggi in St. Germain (today: Ezzahra, Ben Arous ) for four days . During this stay, he created a series of watercolors, which August Macke first sketched in pencil on site and then executed in watercolor. The watercolor garden gate is one of the watercolors that I created during these days.
August Macke uses bright and clear colors to capture the mood of the scenery. Parts of the watercolor are done using the wet-on-wet technique . The garden gate, as the central theme of the watercolor, is mostly made with a few brushstrokes on dry paper. The colors of the garden shimmer from between the bars of the gate. August Macke dispenses with the depiction of floral details. The beauty of his garden is only created by the colors that dominate buildings and flora in equal measure.
supporting documents
literature
- Sabine Schulze (Ed.): Gardens: Order - Inspiration - Luck , Städel Museum , Frankfurt am Main & Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern 2006, ISBN 978-3-7757-1870-7
Single receipts
- ↑ Schulze et al., P. 233
- ↑ Tunis trip by Klee and Macke: "The color has me". Spiegel Online, December 2, 2010 .