Watercolor (recto and verso) on smooth laid paper
Italy, 1950
Eduard Bargheer (1901-1979) – North German painter and graphic artist
Signed and dated in pencil lower right ‘Bargheer 50’
Sheet dimensions: 32.2 x 43.7 cm
Black, partly gilt gallery frame: 58 x 69 cm
Very good condition
A typical view of the Italian island Ischia in harmonious muted colors, verso with an abstract landscape. The current highest auction record for a comparable watercolor by Eduard Bargheer is set at more than €20,400

After having settled down on Ischia i1940 Eduard Bargheer created many watercolors of the local landscape. The present work, dated 1950, depicts a landscape motif of the Italian island, the Monte Epomeo, in Bargheer’s characteristic crystalline-abstract style. The landscape view on the reverse shows ornamental structures.

Condition:

The watercolor is mounted to a mat with paper tape at the reverse corners. Apart from slight technique-related buckling it is in very good and fresh condition. The frame, too, is in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The watercolor measures 32.3 x 43.7 cm, the framed dimensions are 58 x 69 cm.

Eduard Bargheer (1901-1979)

Eduard Bargheer was born by Hamburg in 1901. He started studying at the art school Hamburg-Lerchenfeld but was basically self-taught. In 1925 he travelled to Italy for the first time, where he spent a lot of time in Florence. In the following years he travelled to Paris, the Netherlands, Belgium and the UK. From 1928 onwards Bargheer worked in his studio in his hometown and became a member of the artist group Hamburgische Sezession. He met the art historians Aby Warburg and Erwin Panofsky as well as Paul Klee. In 1940 he moved to Ischia where he witnessed the end of the Second World War. From 1950 onwards his work is shown in many exhibitions in Germany and abroad, including the first and second documenta exhibitions in Kassel. In the 1960s Bargheer travelled throughout Africa, which, like his previous travels, considerably shaped his work. Eduard Bargheer created an extensive oeuvre, which has forged a niche for itself in between expressionism and abstraction. (fea)

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