105 - BROCKHUSEN, THEO VON

BROCKHUSEN, THEO VON 1882 Marggrabowa/Ost-Preußen–1919 Berlin Title: Segelboote in Nieuport. Date: 1910. Technique: Oil on canvas. Measurement: 64.5 x 80.5 cm. Notation: Signed lower left: Theo von Brockhusen. Verso equipped with two labels on the stretcher: Nr. 768 Theo v. Brockhusen Segelboot b. Nieuport Galerie Möller/Brockhusen B116 Segelboote. Frame: Framed. We are grateful to Mr Dr. Gerhard Leistner for the kind scientific support. Provenance: - Galerie Ferdinand Möller, Berlin (label) - Private collection Berlin - Private collection Bremen Exhibition: - Galerie Ferdinand Möller, Berlin 1932 - Museum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg 1999 - Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin, 1999/2000 Literature: - Exhib. cat. Gedächtnisausstellung Theo von Brockhusen, Galerie Ferdinand Möller, Berlin 1932, cat. no. 7 - Exhib. cat. Theo von Brockhusen (1882-1919) - Ein Maler zwischen Impressionismus und Expressionismus, Museum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg/Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin, 1999/2000, cat. no. 21, coloured ill. p. 118 - By the significant post-impressionist who was supported and represented by the famous galleist Paul Cassirer - Atmospheric view of the harbour from the Nieuwpoort group of works ca.1909/10 - Powerful brushwork and impressive light reflection on the water During his stays on the Belgian North Sea coast in 1909 and 1910, Theo von Brockhusen discovered the harbor of Nieuwpoort as a subject for his paintings. The artist, who had been represented by Paul Cassirer since 1906, was a member of the Berlin Secession and combined precise observation of changing light conditions with an increasingly free and powerful brushstroke. He first visited the port town on his honeymoon in 1909; he returned there the following year. During this period, he produced several paintings featuring sailboats and docks. In “Sailboats in Nieuwpoort,” Brockhusen directs the viewer’s gaze along a narrow waterway toward a group of moored boats. On the left, a dark hull with a massive brown sail pushes into the foreground; masts and rigging intersect and draw the eye to the light-colored sails in the center of the painting. On the right, a densely packed row of dark wooden pilings forms a striking boundary. Their foreshortened perspective draws the eye deep into the harbor. No people are visible; only the boats, their rigging, and the rhythmically staggered pilings define the scene. Particularly striking is the contrast between the heavy, darkly contoured forms of the boats and the light-colored water. With short, bold brushstrokes, Brockhusen applies shades of blue, gray, white, and delicate pink, which merge into shimmering reflections on the rippling surface. The sky, too, is rendered with broad, visibly impastoed brushstrokes. The textural density of the paint application lends the tranquil harbor scene a lively atmosphere, while the tight perspective of the row of pilings holds the composition together. The documented provenance traces the work back to the Ferdinand Möller Gallery in Berlin. Comparable maritime motifs from around 1909–10 are documented in the exhibition catalog “Theo von Brockhusen: Colors in Light” published by the Potsdam Museum in 2025. Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Inland: 77.31 Euro plus 14.69 Euro VAT EU: 100.84 Euro plus 19.16 Euro VAT Third country: 159.66 Euro plus 30.34 Euro VAT additional shipping insurance Shipping insurance up to total invoice amount of 25,000 Euros: max. 41.65 Euro over a total invoice amount of 25,000 Euros: 1.8 o/oo USA by individual arrangement after the auction. #Theo von Brockhusen #1900s #Boats #Painting #Modern Art.