1026 - Wilfried Thierbach, house on Sylt, overgrown brick house with thatched roof by a paved path, 2011

Wilfried Thierbach, house on Sylt, overgrown brick house with thatched roof by a paved path, 2011 Watercolour/paper, signed lower right, inscribed on the backboard and dated 2011, house on Sylt, brick house with thatched roof, dormer, roof window and two red chimneys, the gable overgrown with green, in front hedges and a wooden gate, on the left an outbuilding with red roof and a dark car, in the foreground a paved path and a wooden railing, red flowers on the left, good condition, image 18x26 cm (HxW), passe-partout, glazed, framed, silver-coloured frame with relief decor, overall 34.5x44.5 cm (HxW) The Uthland Frisian house, colloquially called Frisian house, predominated in the North Frisian Uthlande, that is, on the islands, the Halligen and in the marshes. Typical are masonry of red brick, a thatched roof and window frames painted white, blue or green. The houses were built along an east-west axis so that the wind, usually coming from the west, finds little surface to attack. The oldest surviving house of this type is regarded as the Olesen house, built in 1617.