View of Hilterfingen, August Macke
August Macke
View of Hilterfingen
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August Macke

View of Hilterfingen, 1914


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255 x 286 mm
Physical Description
Watercolour over pencil on smooth wove cardboard
Inventory Number
SG 2941
Object Number
SG 2941 Z
Acquisition
Acquired in 1950
Status
Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

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In October 1913, Macke withdrew to Hilterfingen, a small town on Lake Thun in Switzerland. Here he depicted the surrounding countryside in a strongly abstracted composition. Rather than representing the meadows in various shades of green, the artist juxtaposed complementary colours such as yellow and purple, orange and blue in rhythmic alternations. He translated the rolling fields and the gabled roofs of the village houses into triangles, rhombi and rectangles spreading across the surface like a mosaic. By choosing the same formal language for nature and architecture alike, he brought them together to form a whole.)

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02.12.2024