980 - Rudolf Scherbaum, Brocken view with mountain stream in spruce forest, Harz painter, dated 1990

Rudolf Scherbaum, Brocken view with mountain stream in spruce forest, Harz painter, dated 1990 Oil/hardboard, signed and dated lower right "Scherbaum 90", later dedication on the reverse in another hand, Harz landscape with a view of the Brocken, in the foreground a mountain stream cascading down over boulders from the centre of the picture, on the left moss-covered boulders and pink-flowering foxgloves, groups of spruces on the slopes, on the right a tall spruce and an ochre-brown meadow, in the background the flat summit dome with buildings and tower, good condition, image 39x60 cm (HxW), framed, frame slightly rubbed, frame width 5.5 cm Rudolf Scherbaum was a Harz painter; his motifs are the Brocken and the Brocken panorama, the Harz forest, forest clearings with streams and erratic boulders. The Brocken rises to 1141 metres above the northern Harz; the Ilse rises near its summit. Harz painting forms a distinct regional genre of landscape painting; the Harzmuseum Wernigerode shows a collection of its own devoted to the Harz painters.