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Liebich, Curt
1868 Wesel - 1937 Gutach.
«s'Zwicke in Herrenbach». Black Forest farm in Gutach with young farmer women.
Oil on cardboard. Signed lower left and dated (19)22.
H 40, W 50 cm (support). Original frame.
During his creative period in Gutach, Curt Liebich succeeded in sensing and capturing the unique triad of nature, man and culture in his works. Depictions of traditional life in the Black Forest and its overwhelming nature became widespread and paint a romantic picture that has contributed significantly to the myth surrounding the Black Forest.
«Numerous paintings by Liebich are known from the period around 1920. Many of these motifs combine genre painting and landscape painting. The colours used [...] fit in with this phase of the artist's work. In order not to distract the viewer unnecessarily, the polished rendering of details is deliberately avoided thought the partly pastose application of paint (this also applies, for example, to the faces, which Liebich did not paint in detail in such sceneries).» from: Jean-Philippe Naudet, E-Mail from 30.07.2022.
We would like to thank Mr Jean-Philippe Naudet, Kunstmuseum Hasemann-Liebich, Gutach, for the kind remarks via E-Mail, based on photos, 30.07.2022.
Provenance: presumably Willy Scheurer, Lauf; private collection Bad Krozingen.
Literature: Kunstmuseum Hasemann - Liebich (Ed.), Curt Liebich 1868 - 1937, ein Künstler seiner Zeit, Gutach 2018, p. 166.

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