880 - H. Homuth, the Bode near Gröningen with row of poplars, weir and bridge, river landscape, dated 1943

H. Homuth, the Bode near Gröningen with row of poplars, weir and bridge, river landscape, dated 1943 Oil/plywood panel, signed lower right and dated 1943, probably Erwin Herman Homuth (1890 to 1968), inscribed in pencil on the reverse "Deesdorf", dated "9.V. 1943" and signed, the Bode near Gröningen, river landscape with large deciduous trees and a row of slender poplars on the left bank, stones and a corner of wall at the water in front, on the right the river with a light sandbank, in the background the Bode bridge at Deesdorf with balustrade over a weir step with foaming water, blue sky with white and grey clouds, good condition commensurate with age, grain of the panel visible in the paint layer, scrape marks in places, image 47x60 cm (HxW), framed, silver-coloured frame, frame rubbed, frame width 7.5 cm The Bode rises on the Brocken from the Cold and Warm Bode, breaks through the Bode gorge between Treseburg and Thale and flows for 169 km through Quedlinburg, Wegeleben, Gröningen, Oschersleben and Staßfurt until it joins the Saale near Nienburg. The Bode gorge between Treseburg and Thale is a nature reserve; the Wendefurth and Rappbode dams impound the river and its tributary, and the catchment area covers around 3,000 square kilometres. Of the painter, whose form of signature probably points to Erwin Herman Homuth, river and bank landscapes, Harz views and portraits are known.