493 - Heinrich Arrigo Wittler, Boats on the Beach, gouache, c. 1960, gallery-framed

Heinrich Arrigo Wittler, Boats on the Beach, gouache, c. 1960, gallery-framed Heinrich Arrigo Wittler, 1918 Kamen - 2004 Worpswede, German painter, shown here: 2 Boats on the Beach, gouache, c. 1960, from Wittler’s time in Procida/Ischia, gouache, 28 x 45 cm, mounted on passepartout in a high-quality gallery frame About the artist: Heinrich Arrigo Wittler studied painting and art history at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. He also took private lessons from renowned artists such as Christian Rohlfs and Otto Pankok. After serving in the Second World War and being held as a prisoner of war in Russia until 1947, he returned to Germany. In 1952, he was awarded the ‘Jung-Westfalen’ art prize. In the mid-1950s, Wittler moved to Italy. He spent over 20 years on the islands of Procida and Ischia. This period had a profound influence on his art. Like the painting in question, many colourful, Mediterranean landscapes and scenes of southern European life were created there.