872 - Walter Fricke, Harz forest with stone bridge over a stream, forest interior with conifers

Walter Fricke, Harz forest with stone bridge over a stream, forest interior with conifers (1893 Braunschweig – 1970 Wildemann), oil/board, signed lower left, label on the reverse "R.F. TIMAEUS", "KUNSTHANDLUNG", "GOSLAR a.H.", Harz forest with bridge, forest interior with tall conifers, in the centre a light stone bridge with a single arch over a stream, the stream in the foreground on the left with stones and light reflections, on the left a sunlit light path, on the right a green meadow slope with dabs of red flowers, good condition commensurate with age, image 19.5x28 cm (HxW), framed, silver-coloured frame, frame width 3.5 cm Walter Fricke was born in Braunschweig in 1893, completed a commercial training in his father's business and then attended the Braunschweig Academy of Art. Bombed out in the Second World War, he moved in 1945 to Wildemann in the Upper Harz, where he died in 1970. His work consists mainly of landscapes and Harz motifs painted in thickly applied colour; the Harzmuseum Wernigerode holds his view "Bei Wildemann".