Pines in a Morning Fog

1830s

Ernst Ferdinand Oehme

Associated Names
Ernst Ferdinand Oehme

Artist, German, 1797 - 1855

The image is of a landscape with tall, slender trees in the foreground. The horizon is low, with mist or fog obscuring the distance. The style features fine brushstrokes detailing the trees against a hazy background. The color palette is muted, with greens and browns in the trees blending into the sky's soft blue and warm orange tones, suggesting either dawn or dusk.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 21.2 x 20.5 cm (8 3/8 x 8 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2005.15.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Carl Heumann, Chemnitz [1886-1945](Lugt 555b and 2841a); taken to West Germany by his heirs after the war and remained in the family (sale, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 17 June 2004, no. 43); (C.G. Boerner, Inc., New York); purchased 2004 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1930

  • 100 Jahre Deutsche Zeichenkunst 1750 - 1850: Sammlung Konsul Heumann Chemnitz, Städtisches Museum, Chemnitz, 1930, no. 158.

1933

  • Deutsche Landschaftskunst 1750 - 1850: Zeichnungen und Aquarelle aus der Sammlung Heumann Chemnitz. Schlesisches Museum der bildenden Künste, Breslau, 1933, no. 81.

Inscriptions

by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: 13.

Wikidata ID

Q64559827

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