Mountain Landscape with a Village

1921

Robert (Willy) Huth

Associated Names
Robert (Willy) Huth

Artist, German, 1890 - 1977

The image shows a landscape from an elevated viewpoint. A winding road leads through the scene towards rugged cliffs meeting the sky, with a castle on top. The brushstrokes are expressive and fluid, resembling watercolors. The color palette includes blues, greens, browns, and red. Two figures walk along a tree-lined path, with cut tree stumps visible. Buildings are scattered along the hillside, with a river flowing through and a bridge leading towards mountains and the castle.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 48.8 x 37 cm (19 3/16 x 14 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.501

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jörg Maaß Kunsthandel, Berlin); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased 5 November 2003; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower center in graphite: W. R Huth 21; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: (259103001493)

Wikidata ID

Q64628788

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