874 - Willy Hanft, heath landscape with birches and flowering heather by a sandy path, juniper, landscape

Willy Hanft, heath landscape with birches and flowering heather by a sandy path, juniper, landscape (1888 Hanover to 1987 Nuremberg), oil/canvas, signed lower left "Willy Hanft", 20th century, heath landscape, on the left a group of tall birches with white trunks, in the centre further birches with yellow autumn foliage, in the foreground a sandy path with wheel ruts, on both sides flowering heather in pink and purple, here and there low juniper bushes, in the middle ground a wide expanse of heath, on the right on the horizon a pine forest, light blue sky with white clouds, good condition commensurate with age, image 60x80 cm (HxW), framed in a gold-coloured moulding with shell motifs, frame rubbed, frame width 7.5 cm Willy Hanft, born in Hanover in 1888 and died in Nuremberg in 1987, studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1908 to 1913 under Adolf Männchen and Willy Spatz. He had studios in Dresden and Düsseldorf, from 1945 to 1952 he worked freelance in Dresden, then lived in Hanover and from 1983 in Nuremberg. His main subjects were landscapes and views as well as flower still lifes, preferably in oil. Heath landscapes form a distinct group of motifs within his work, documented by pictures such as "Birkenweg bei Hermannsburg (Lüneburger Heide)", "Heidelandschaft nahe Schwarmbek" and "Heidelandschaft nahe Müden".