 'Carol' by Erhardt Kurella |
unframed size appr. 23"
x 18" price £760.- framed with
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| 'Carol' by Erhardt Kurella |
unframed size appr. 23"
x 18" price £760.- framed with
|
This is a picture of the artist's wife.
Most of Erhardt's paintings are of his hometown which is the part
of Germany that borders with Denmark, but he loves his wife and
has completed several portraits of her. This is one of his later
ones painted about 3 years ago.
Erhardt Kurella first started painting about
20 years ago. He had become inspired by Vincent van Gogh who also
started to paint late in life. Erhardt was also impressed by van
Gogh's motivation to paint which was to bring brightness and joy
to the walls of humble workers. He was impressed too with the
beautiful letters that he exchanged with his brother.
When Erhardt started to paint he wanted to
catch the internal feeling of the place he was in. He recalled
that one of the first subjects that he painted was of an
overgrown garden in summer. He went to the densest part of the
garden near a stone wall where a lot of nettles were growing. He
recalled that it was very hot and sticky with a lot of flies
buzzing around and yet he became absorbed and stayed in the same
spot until there was no more light to paint by. Still he paints
with the desire to catch the feeling of the place and so,
although his pictures seem to be roughly painted, after living
with them for a while the sense of being there will come to the
beholder. Because of this the paintings can help to change the
atmosphere of the place where they are hung and bring an attitude
of calmness and purity.