Heinz Koppel 1919-1980
Sennen
oil on canvas
61 X 91
(upper right): 'Koppel'
1994-12
@Heinz Koppel estate
Photo: Bridgeman images
Koppel depicts the tiny West Cornwall village of Sennen in a typically naïve, almost surreal, style though his treatment and distinctive colouring also reflect a debt to German Expressionism. A...
Koppel depicts the tiny West Cornwall village of Sennen in a typically naïve, almost surreal, style though his treatment and distinctive colouring also reflect a debt to German Expressionism. A psychological element is introduced by the dominant bend of the cove and its great blue stretch of water which threatens to swallow up the houses and overwhelm the two small boys.
Provenance
presented by Frank Auerbach 1994Exhibitions
Finchleystrasse: German artists in exile in Great Britain and beyond 1933-45Literature
'Finchleystrasse: German artists in exile in Great Britain and beyond 1933-45' (London: Ben Uri Gallery and Museum in association with the German Embassy London, 2018), p. 30.; Walter Schwabe and Julia Weiner, eds., Jewish Artists: the Ben Uri Collection - Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture (London: Ben Uri Art Society in association with Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 1994), p. 132.Be the first to know – Sign Up
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