Gabriele Münter
Dahlien im Krug
Artist
Gabriele Münter
Provenance
Estate of Gabriele Münter, with stamp on verso (not in Lugt);
Gabriele Münter and Johannes Eichner Foundation, Munich.
Gabriele Münter and Johannes Eichner Foundation, Munich.
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Description
- Directly from the artist's estate
- Colorfulness as a primary means of expression
- Consistency of style in Münter's late work
After her separation from Wassily Kandinsky and the political upheavals of National Socialism, Münter withdrew to Murnau. Here she concentrated increasingly on still lifes and interiors. In her flower still lifes, she found a way to preserve her characteristic intensity of color and focus on the beauty and vitality of nature in her own garden.
At the center of the composition is a lush bouquet of red and soft pink dahlias that almost completely fills the picture plane. The jug holding the flowers is painted in shades of green, blue and brown. Compared to her earlier, more two-dimensional works, the forms of the dahlias are somewhat more detailed, but remain reduced to the essentials. The still life is set against the neutral background of the paper, which highlights the flowers even more and makes them shine.
Although she often experimented more restrainedly with color in her later work, her love of bright color as a primary means of expression remains.
In her works on paper, Münter often uses mixed techniques, particularly gouache and watercolor, to achieve different effects. Gouache allows her to create intense, opaque areas of color, while watercolor lends itself to more transparent layers of color and shading. This lends the present work a particular vibrancy and depth.
With a label with the estate no. "8/13" on the verso.
With a confirmation from Dr. Isabelle Jansen, Gabriele Münter- und Johannes Eichner-Stiftung, Munich, dated 24.10.2025. The work is registered in the artist's estate under the number Kon. 8/13.
- Colorfulness as a primary means of expression
- Consistency of style in Münter's late work
After her separation from Wassily Kandinsky and the political upheavals of National Socialism, Münter withdrew to Murnau. Here she concentrated increasingly on still lifes and interiors. In her flower still lifes, she found a way to preserve her characteristic intensity of color and focus on the beauty and vitality of nature in her own garden.
At the center of the composition is a lush bouquet of red and soft pink dahlias that almost completely fills the picture plane. The jug holding the flowers is painted in shades of green, blue and brown. Compared to her earlier, more two-dimensional works, the forms of the dahlias are somewhat more detailed, but remain reduced to the essentials. The still life is set against the neutral background of the paper, which highlights the flowers even more and makes them shine.
Although she often experimented more restrainedly with color in her later work, her love of bright color as a primary means of expression remains.
In her works on paper, Münter often uses mixed techniques, particularly gouache and watercolor, to achieve different effects. Gouache allows her to create intense, opaque areas of color, while watercolor lends itself to more transparent layers of color and shading. This lends the present work a particular vibrancy and depth.
With a label with the estate no. "8/13" on the verso.
With a confirmation from Dr. Isabelle Jansen, Gabriele Münter- und Johannes Eichner-Stiftung, Munich, dated 24.10.2025. The work is registered in the artist's estate under the number Kon. 8/13.