Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower left. With a label typographically numbered "1819" on the reverse. 61.5 x 81 cm.

• The barren and foggy wooded landscape conveys a sense of the cold winter day.
• During a trip to Paris in 1905, Max Clarenbach studied the works of Claude Monet.
• In the year of its creation, Clarenbach founded the artists' group "Sonderbund" with the intention of bringing German landscape painting closer to French Impressionism.
• The painting was presumably part of the “Große Berliner Kunstausstellung” in 1914.
LITERATURE: Christie's, New York, 19th century European paintings, drawings and watercolors, auction on February 15, 1994, lot 104 (illustrated).

Presumably: Große Berliner Kunstausstellung, May 11 - September 27, 1914, no. 1819 (“Herbst am Niederrhein”, with a label numbered “1819” on the reverse)

Private collection, Southern Germany

Landscape with harmonious colors and in good condition. A few minor retouched spots in the upper edge of the image and in the top right corner. The condition report was compiled to the best of our knowledge and belief in daylight and with the help of a UV light source.