Blick ins Tal

1916

Carl Thiemann

Associated Names
Carl Thiemann

Artist, German, 1881 - 1966

The image shows a landscape viewed from an elevated angle, as if standing on a hill and looking down. The horizon is in the upper-third of the composition, with sun rays touching the undulating landscape. A series of slender trees with twisty trunks, mottled in brown and blue, stretch diagonally across the image. The land close by is rich green, contrasting with the lighter hues of the background where fields and possibly a small river or path are seen. The sky is warm golden yellow, hinting at early morning or late afternoon. The scene uses strong contrasts with earthy, muted colors against a vibrant sky, featuring bold lines and simplified forms characteristic of print or block work.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color linocut on laid cream paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 30 × 24 cm (11 13/16 × 9 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 38.6 × 26.5 cm (15 3/16 × 10 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.485


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Galerie Glöckner, Cologne); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 28, 1989; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lettered in image, at bottom left: TC16; below image, at left, in graphite: Original Holzschnitt Handdruck / "Blick ins Tal"; below image, at right, in graphite: C. Thiemann 1916; on verso, in graphite, by later hand: M. 270; 2.8

Wikidata ID

Q76557031

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