882 - G. Ludewig, Harz Landscape with massive tree stump, spruce and birch in autumn, dated 1946

G. Ludewig, Harz Landscape with massive tree stump, spruce and birch in autumn, dated 1946 Watercolour on paper, signed and dated 1946 lower right, hill with a large tree stump with exposed roots, to the right a spruce and a birch with autumn-coloured leaves, the meadow heightened with white under a cloudy sky, condition commensurate with age, paper browned, stained upper right, image 45.5x33 cm (HxW), mount, glazed, framed, frame with knocks, overall 68x51 cm (HxW) In watercolour, water-soluble, translucent paints are applied to paper; the light tone of the paper shows through the layers of colour. Highlights are applied in opaque white paint, as here in the grasses, roots and birch bark.