Watercolor and pencil on drawing paper with perforated edges
Germany, around 1960
Edvard Frank (1909-1972) – German painter of the so called ‘Lost Generation’
Signed lower right ‘Frank’
Verso handwritten inscribed in pencil ‘Mettlach’, ‘IV’ and ‘EF001686’
Verso with the stamp ‘Nachlaß Edvard Frank 1909-1972 Sammlung Hellenbrand-Frank’ and the stamped number ‘001415’
Sheet dimensions: 37.6 x 48.8 cm
Good condition
Very nice and lively watercolor landscape by the German painter of the ‘lost generation’, who’s works gained increasing popularity in the recent years; Frank's watercolors fetch up to over €3,000 at international auctions

Loose, rapid brushstrokes design this full-sheet depiction of a landscape, which is executed over an spare pencil sketch by German artists. Different shades of green dominate the composition that is formed two-thirds of trees and a meadow. The shades of blue in the sky are also partially mixed to green and thus combine with the vegetation. Only the bright-orange of two houses that are to see to some extent beyond the trees, sets contrasting accents. The whole composition skillfully gives the impression of a windy rainy day.

The watercolor is signed lower right ‘Frank’. On the reverse it is handwritten inscribed in pencil ‘Mettlach’, ‘IV’ and „EF001686“ as well as stamped ‘Nachlaß Edvard Frank 1909-1972 Sammlung Hellenbrand-Frank’ and ‘001415’. The sheet bears a small tear (0.7 cm) in the right edge and a crease in the upper right corner. The overall condition is good. The full-sheet image measures 37.6 x 47.8 cm.

Edvard Frank (1909-1972)

The German painter Edvard Frank is considered a prominent representative of the ‘lost generation’. This group consisted of artists, musicians and writers from the years 1890 to 1914, whose works were classified as ‘degenerate art’ during the period of nationalism. Mostly, it included the second generation of expressionist artists, as well as artists from the New Objectivity. The art historian Rainer Zimmermann coined the term of ‘expressive realism’, which described some of them. The artists of the ‘lost generation’, in fact, had no unified style, but worked both in the expressive and realistic, as well as in the representational and abstract manner. Edvard Frank was a student of Karl Hofer at the Academy of Arts in Berlin. After the Second World War, he joined the Trier Secession and had increasing success with exhibitions in Germany. His favorite subjects were erotic subjects, showing an influence of the classical canon of forms. Lately, the works of the ‘lost generation’ have again increasing success on the international art market. (fea)

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