Oil on paper, laid down on wood
Germany, circa 1920
Max Clarenbach (1880-1952) - German painter, student of Arthur Kampf and Eugen Dücker at the Düsseldorf Academy, co-founder of the ‘Sonderbund’
Signed lower right ‘M. Clarenbach’
Dimensions: 37,5 x 47 cm
Good Condition
Provenance: Private collection, Rhineland
Summer field landscape influenced by Impressionism; paintings by Clarenbach fetch up to €53,000 on the international auction market

The oil painting presented here by Max Clarenbach shows one of the painters characteristic landscape representations. Influenced by Impressionism Clarenbach presents a summer field landscape in the Sauerland with straw bales in the foreground, which, by the incident sunlight, throw a shadow on the otherwise enlightened field.



The painting is signed lower right ‘M. Clarenbach’. The image carrier is laid down on wood. There is some overpainting in the area of the sky visible under UV as well as in some treetops. The surface is slightly yellowed, around the edges slight abrasions caused by the framing. Otherwise overall in good condition. Verso inscribed in ballpoint pen. Dimensions of representation 37.5 x 47 cm. Dimensions framed: 44 x 53.5 cm. The frame with slight traces of use.



Max Clarenbach (1880-1952)

Max Clarenbach was born in Neuss in 1880. At the age of 13 years Andreas Achenbach recommended him to attend the Elementary class at the Düsseldorf Academy. Influenced by French Impressionism and the associatedplein air painting, Clarenbach created with preference winter landscapes of the Lower Rhine area, depicting winding rivers, which reflect the trees in the surface. In 1909 he was involved in the establishment of the ‘Sonderbund’. After the death of Eugen Dücker in 1917, Max Clarenbach succeeding his former teacher and became Professor for landscape painting until 1945. (cru)

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