Picture "Poppies" (around 1990) (Unique piece)
Picture "Poppies" (around 1990) (Unique piece)
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unique piece | monogrammed | watercolour on paper | framed | size 105 x 90 cm
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Picture "Poppies" (around 1990) (Unique piece)
Watercolour on paper, c. 1990. Monogrammed on the front. Motif size/sheet size 66 x 56 cm. Size in frame 105 x 90 cm as shown.
About Herbert Beck
Herbert Beck (1920-2010) studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Leipzig, Germany, after training as a goldsmith. He lived and worked as a freelance artist at Lake Tegernsee and in the Italian municipality of Laigueglia.
His work is characterised by colour: Fascinated by the Expressionists, Beck developed his distinctive watercolour technique over the decades, in which he made the colours seem to glow. For his paintings, he heavily diluted oil paint with turpentine, achieving a glazed, shimmering colouration. In 1984, he suffered a serious illness, probably caused by turpentine poisoning.
After his recovery, he left the field of oil painting and concentrated exclusively on watercolour painting in the following years. During this time, he produced unusually large-format and dense works for this technique.
His works were last exhibited in 2018 at the exhibition "Herbert Beck meets Emil Nolde. Inspiration and Realisation" at the Olaf Gulbransson Museum in Tegernsee.
Paintings with glazing watercolours, that are characterised by their transparency, which let deeper layers and painting surfaces shine through.
Often the paper surface is omitted. This contributes significantly to the effect of the work. The aquarelle painting requires skilful use of colour, as it dries quickly and corrections are almost impossible.