(Strohausen, Oldenburg 1895–1983 Wilhelmshaven)
Der Busch am Strand (Der Buschstrand in Dangast) –
The bush on the beach (The bush beach in Dangast), signed Franz Radziwill, exhibition label on the reverse with the address stamp of Franz Radziwill, numbered on the reverse 411, watercolour, ink on strong paper, 34.7 x 49.5 cm, framed

On the exhibition label titled Einlaufender Fischkutter. The number 411 on the reverse refers to Franz Radziwill’s hand-written catalogue of the watercolours and drawings. There
with the title Der Busch am Strand.

We are grateful to Prof. Dr. Dr. Gerd Presler for his kind assistance in cataloguing this work

Provenance:
Private Collection, Germany

Literature:
Wilfreed Seeba, Franz Radziwill 1895–1983, Werkverzeichnis der Aquarelle, Zeichnungen und bemalten Postkarten, Oldenburg 2006, no. 5417 (no. ill.)
Cat. Franz Radziwill, Kunstverein Hannover 1971, p. 63
Cat. Franz Radziwill – Gemälde, Aquarelle, Handzeichnungen, Kunsthalle Bremen 1970, no. 128
Cat. Galerie Baukunst Köln 1968, no. 163
Cat. Franz Radziwill, Rathaus Wilmersdorf, Berlin 1967, no. 58

Exhibited:
Seefischerei in der Kunst, Bremerhafen, Städtische Schillerschule, 13.7.–4.8.57 (label on the reverse of the drawing) Eisenwerk Wöhr, Unterkochen 1970

“This watercolour depicts the entrance to the small harbour of the fishing village of Dangast in the Jade Bay. Franz Radziwill settled there in 1921/23 on the advice of Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, and bought a house that was to become his home and workplace for the rest of his life. On the right is a stretch of oak-covered ‘geest’ landscape (the only one on the German North Sea coast) reaching down to the beach. On the left are two crab fishing boats with their typical nets. The sky displays those mysterious signs that made Franz Radziwill art history’s ‘master of magical realism’.’’
(Gerd Presler)