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Carl Jörres, Painting, Grain Stacks Below Clouded Sky, 1930s

Currency:EUR Category:Collectibles Start Price:1,300.00 EUR Estimated At:2,080.00 - 2,600.00 EUR
Carl Jörres, Painting, Grain Stacks Below Clouded Sky, 1930s
In this painting by Carl Jörres, who was associated with the Worpswede school (founded in 1889), a composition is depicted that is very characteristic for the artist. The center is dominated by a grain stack that consists of freshly harvested crops. Behind it and in further rows to the sides, other grain stacks are piled up. In the far left a hay wagon drawn by horses is approaching. In the upper half of the painting is a light blue sky with cumulus clouds.



The painting is signed lower right ‘C. Jörres’ and bears verso a later inscription (not by the artist). The painting is in good condition showing only slight signs of age and wear. The dimensions of the stretcher frame are 70 x 86 cm.



Carl Jörres (1870-1947)

Carl Jörres was born in Bremen in 1870. His painting career began in 1904, at the age of 34 years, when he attended a private art school in Munich, which was run by Moritz Heymann. At the same time he took lessons from Fritz Overbeck, a painter of the Worpswede artists' colony. In 1913, he joined the ‘Deutscher Künstlerbund’ and in 1919, he became a member of the ‘Bremer Künstlerbund’ and ‘Worpsweder Künstlervereinigung’. In comparison to other painters from Worpswede Jörres used more bright than earthy colors. His motifs are primarily taken from his local area around Lilienthal, where he settled in 1918. In 1937, three of his paintings were confiscated under the term ‘Degenerate Art’. Nowadays his works can be found in many private and public collections including the Lilienthal Art Foundation as well as museums in Bremen, Worpswede, Bremerhaven and Emden. (tm)
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