6154 - Linde, Hermann

Linde, Hermann Market Day in Lübeck. Oil on canvas. 50.3 x 71 cm. Signed "H. Linde" lower right. Circa 1889. After completing his art studies, Hermann Linde was drawn to the wider world. He increasingly left Europe behind to travel to distant lands and gain new impressions. His first study trips took him via Sicily to Egypt, and later to Tunisia. From 1892 to 1895, Linde lived in India before setting out on further journeys through Asia and Europe. Yet even before he turned his attention to the Orient and later to anthroposophy—at the beginning of his career—he created works in which Linde remained artistically close to his hometown of Lübeck. At least two paintings, including this work and another dated 1889, depict the market on Lübeck’s Rathausplatz. They were likely created during his time as a student at the academies in Dresden and Weimar. Linde’s painterly style is realistic and meticulous in its attention to detail, yet never dryly documentary. Rather, through subtle color nuances and precisely rendered lighting, he succeeds in creating an atmospherically rich scene that delves deeply into the everyday bourgeois life of Lübeck around 1889. It is a work that attests to both Linde’s technical mastery and his emotional connection to his hometown. - We ask that you request condition reports for the lots, as the condition is listed in the catalog only in exceptional cases. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalog.