7 - Christian Theodor Schütz (b. 1915) | German

Christian Theodor Schütz (b. 1915) | German Winter Sunset in the Forest, c. 1950's Oil on Canvas Signed: Signed (lower right); the artist’s printed biographical label on the reverse. Dimensions: Framed: 65 × 55 cm | 25.6 × 21.7 in Artwork: 50 × 40 cm | 19.7 × 15.7 in Provenance: Historia, Berlin, Germany, 1 September 2026, lot 7360. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner. Condition: Oil on canvas, unlined, on its original stretcher. The paint layer is stable and clean, with no losses observed. Presented in a pale wooden frame. Please contact us to request a detailed Condition Report. Conditions of Sale: All lots are sold as is, in the condition described. The condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. Attributions are governed by our Terms and Conditions. All enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale. By placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our Terms and Conditions in full, as set out in the terms of this sale. Shipping: Aurora & Athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. Buyers are equally welcome to collect in Barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. Lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. For shipments outside the EU an export licence may be required and Spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. No export tax applies within the EU. Full shipping and export information is available on request. -- A rutted track runs through a birch wood under snow towards a low sun that burns orange through the bare branches; three figures walk away down the road, a woman with a basket comes towards us, and the gable of a cottage shows against the glow. The whole canvas is keyed to the one warm light, the snow taking up the pink of the sky and the trees drawn in fine dark lines against it. The subject, the winter forest at dusk, is the classic motif of the Düsseldorf landscape school of the nineteenth century, and Christian Theodor Schütz, born in Düsseldorf in 1915 and trained at its school of applied arts, painted it in that tradition well into the post-war years. The printed label on the reverse, in four languages, records his training and his exhibitions in Paris, Düsseldorf, Berlin, Bern and Ottawa.