1030 - Martin Wirth, "Harz-Landschaft I und II", shore and track in the Harz, two landscapes 2015 and 2006

Martin Wirth, "Harz-Landschaft I und II", shore and track in the Harz, two landscapes 2015 and 2006 (1939 – 2017 Ilsenburg), two watercolours, 1) watercolour on card, signed and dated 2015 lower left, inscribed verso "Harz-Landschaft I", large pine with red-brown trunk on the bank of a body of water, on the right a figure seen from behind in front of tall bankside vegetation, good condition commensurate with age, edge damage at top, corners slightly bumped, image 24x32 cm (HxW), 2) watercolour on card, signed and dated 2006 lower left, inscribed verso "Harz-Landschaft II", field path through a hilly meadow landscape with two figures hand in hand, red flowers on the left, fence posts and dark groups of trees on the right under a blue sky with clouds, good condition commensurate with age, corners slightly bumped, image 24x32 cm (HxW) The Harz is the highest mountain range in northern Germany and extends across Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia; its highest peak is the Brocken at 1141 metres. In the lower elevations of the upland range beech forests shape the landscape, while above about 800 metres spruce predominates. Since 2006 the Harz National Park, which spans federal state borders, has protected some 247 square kilometres. Martin Wirth was at home on the northern edge of the Harz in Darlingerode (today part of Ilsenburg), and landscapes of the Harz recur several times in his watercolours.