Two Trees near Murnau
  • Gabriele Münter
  • Berlin 1877 - 1962 Murnau
  • Two Trees near Murnau, 1934
  • Watercolour on paper,
  • inscribed by the artist on the verso: Motiv P 22/34 v. den ersten P.
    estate stamp on the verso,
    margin irregularly cropped on the left
  • 320 × 400 mm
Provenance:
Gabriele Münter- and Johannes Eichner-Foundation, Munich
Exhibition:
Gabriele Münter malt Murnau , Schloßmuseum, Murnau 1996,
August-Macke-House, Bonn 1996/97, exhib.-cat. p. 104/105 (ill.)

For Gabriele Münter, the 1930’s were a stationary period in Murnau after renewed travels, as well as a time of reflection on the expressionist traditions of the “Blauer Reiter.“

Her numerous landscape subjects were meant to have a “large and simple“ effect, with flowing contours and luminous areas of colour.

This watercolour of a railroad crossing at the edge of the Murnau bog, with its bare trees and traces of snow between the hiking trails, likely dates to February of 1934.