934 - Reimann, Fleeing Wild Boar in a Snow-Covered Moorland

Reimann, Fleeing Wild Boar in a Snow-Covered Moorland Oil on canvas, signed lower right, a black wild boar breaks from the right through a snow-covered stretch of moorland, its snout held low, the foreground laid in wide white-grey bands from which brownish tufts of grass rise, at the right a row of snow-laden spruces, the sky in ochre and pale blue, good condition, image 50x60 cm (HxW) The fleeing wild boar in a winter landscape is a core motif of hunting painting and lives from the tension between the dark silhouette of the animal and the wide pale surface. The present work carries this contrast through consistently and deliberately keeps landscape and sky within a narrow tonal range, so that the movement of the animal carries the centre of the picture.