Bergkirchen

1909

Carl Thiemann

Associated Names
Carl Thiemann

Artist, German, 1881 - 1966

The image features a landscape with tall trees framing the scene. The trees show intricate details along their trunks and branches. In the distance, there is a village or small settlement with a central building featuring a dark roof. The sky dominates the upper portion of the image with patches of light and dark, possibly clouds. The color palette consists of muted earth tones like beige, gray, and dark green.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut in black, green and brown-green on pale pink paper, attached to a light beige cardboard support

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 29 × 39.3 cm (11 7/16 × 15 1/2 in.)
    support: 46.4 × 56 cm (18 1/4 × 22 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.484

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Thiemann-Stoedtner 1970, Vol. (FH), no. 59, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gustav Eisner (not in Lugt), 1919. (Galerie Glöckkner, Cologne); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 28, 1989; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

  • Modern German Prints and Drawings from the Kainen Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2014.

Bibliography

1970

  • Thiemann-Stoedtner, Ottilie. _ Carl Thiemann (1881-1966)_. Dachau: Hans Zauner, 1970: no. 59, only

Inscriptions

monogrammed in image, at lower right: TC09; signed in image, at upper right, in graphite: C. Thiemann; signed with a dedication on the support sheet, at lower left: (...) M. U. D. Gustav Eisner / zum freundlichen Gedenken / verehrungsvoll zugeeignet / Prag, Weihnachten 1919 / Carl Thiemann / Original-Holzschnitt / Handdruck / "Bergkirchen"

Wikidata ID

Q76557029

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