910 - Elisabeth Paetz-Kalich, Scene in the Bode Valley, snowy rock pinnacle with spruces, winter landscape

Elisabeth Paetz-Kalich, Scene in the Bode Valley, snowy rock pinnacle with spruces, winter landscape (b. 1925), watercolour on paper, signed lower left, wintry rocky landscape with a towering rock pinnacle capped with snow, snowy slope in front, a spruce to the left, a bare tree and snow-covered spruces to the right, wooded heights in the background, birds in the air, good condition, image 51x31.5 cm (HxW), mount, glazed, framed, overall 70.5x51.5 cm (HxW) Elisabeth Paetz-Kalich was born in 1925, spent her childhood and youth in Seesen in the Harz and studied painting in Dresden; towards the end of the war she returned to Seesen. Alongside historical views of old Seesen she painted nature and hunting motifs; from the 1950s onwards she wrote and illustrated the "Mooswichte" verses. Since 2005 she has been an honorary citizen of the town of Seesen. The Bode Valley between Treseburg and Thale is a ten-kilometre-long, gorge-like section of the Bode valley, a nature reserve since 1937.