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Watercolour on handmade paper Germany, 1962 Eduard Bargheer (1901-1979) - German painter and graphic artist Signed and dated lower right 'Bargheer 62' Dimensions: 30 x 44 cm Good condition Provenance: From the estate of Ludwig Heinrich Heydenreich, art historian and friend of Bargheer A beautiful watercolour of the German Artist Eduard Bargheer with excellent provenance; his drawings fetch up to 20,300 Euros at international auctions This watercolour drawing by the German painter and graphic artist Eduard Bargheer shows a formally reduced depiction of a village. Like in many of Bargheer's work figurativeness and abstraction merge together creating an aesthetically appealing composition. The colours and shapes suggest that Bargheer was probably inspired by one of his numerous travels to Africa. The work takes up the mosaic- like structure of Bargheer's watercolours from the 1950s. The drawing by Eduard Bargheer is in good condition with signs of age. The work is signed and dated lower right 'Bargheer 62'. The sheet measures 30 x 44 cm. Eduard Bargheer (1901-1979) Eduard Bargheer was born by Hamburg in 1901. He started studying at the art school Hamburg-Lerchenfeld but was basically self-taught. In 1925 he travelled to Italy for the first time, where he spent a lot of time in Florence. In the following years he travelled to Paris, the Netherlands, Belgium and the UK. From 1928 onwards Bargheer worked in his studio in his hometown and became a member of the artist group Hamburgische Sezession. He met the art historians Aby Warburg and Erwin Panofsky as well as Paul Klee. In 1940 he moved to Ischia where he witnessed the end of the Second World War. From 1950 onwards his work is shown in many exhibitions in Germany and abroad, including the first and second documenta exhibitions in Kassel. In the 1960s Bargheer travelled throughout Africa, which, like his previous travels, considerably shaped his work. Eduard Bargheer created an extensive oeuvre, which has forged a niche for itself in between expressionism and abstraction.