Klaus Fußmann (1938 Velbert/Rhineland - active in Berlin and Gelting) "Iceland". Original title Dynamic, expressive landscape impression by Fußmann, who trained at the Folkwang School in Essen and at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Berlin. Watercolor and ink/paper. Titled lower right, dat. (19)80, with location "bei Asar(?)" and monogr.; 22.5 cm x 31 cm. Frame. Cf. literature: Klaus Fußmann, Island - 24 Aquarelle, Verlag der Galerie Peerlings, Krefeld 1981. Watercolor and indian ink on paper. Inscribed with title and location, dated (19)80 and monogrammed.

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