6161 - Seeger, Hermann

Seeger, Hermann Summer Day: The Artist’s Daughters in the Dunes. Oil on canvas. 81 x 109 cm. Signed “H Seeger” lower right; on the stretcher, a label reading “Exhibition Gerstenberger, Chemnitz, 6822.” Seeger initially studied philology in Halle and Leipzig and subsequently worked as a teacher in Halberstadt. However, finding little fulfillment in teaching, he decided to pursue a second degree at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin under Paul Thurmann and Karl Gussow. There he also met his future wife, Marie Cramer von Clausbruch. Seeger frequently depicts the dune landscapes of the Baltic Sea coast in his paintings, in which he captures the interplay of light and nature. The gentle dunes and cloud-covered skies evoke a sense of inner peace and serenity, which also define the atmosphere of the scene in this painting. The indirect yet bright light that Seeger has captured here lends this snapshot its radiance. The girls depicted are his daughters, Hildegard and Ilse, with whom he frequently took excursions into nature. - 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.