Richard Seewald
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256 works

Works

Over six decades Seewald worked in almost every technique – from oil painting to linocut. This selection shows works from every phase of his career; no complete catalogue raisonné exists.

  1. Richard Seewald, Oil painting: Yellow house with a grey roof in dark green woods, millstones on the ground at right.
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    Oil paintings

    Luminous southern landscapes, animals in the undergrowth, quiet interiors: Seewald’s painting joins the clear form of New Objectivity with the colour of the Mediterranean.

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  2. Richard Seewald, Watercolour: Slender cypress and wind-bent pine on a rise above the sea, agaves in the foreground; monochrome grey-cream.
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    Watercolours

    Travel sheets from Greece, Italy and Ticino – coasts, temples, harbours and villages, set down with a light hand and a clear line.

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  3. Richard Seewald, Drawing: Pen drawing of men at a table under a hanging lamp with candles and a black cat
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    Drawings

    Seewald the draughtsman: cities, harbours and landscapes of Europe, people and animals – precisely observed, often with a quiet sense of humour.

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  4. Richard Seewald, Woodcut: Thatched houses under rippling cloud bands, a striped cat in the foreground and a figure with a stick at left.
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    Woodcuts

    Powerful black-and-white contrasts and colour prints: woodcuts from the expressionist beginnings to the years in Ticino.

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  5. Richard Seewald, Linocut: A pink figure with a purple bull head sits between walls, shadow and blue sea behind.
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    Linocuts

    Passion and myth, animals and temples: linocuts in a reduced, emblematic visual language.

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  6. Richard Seewald, Etching: Tree-lined avenue with walkers, shadows on the path; etching in fine dark lines.
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    Etchings

    Etchings and drypoints: avenues, bridges, squares and villages from Passau to Rome – dense and lively in line.

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  7. Richard Seewald, Lithograph: Ibex, goat and a red-brown kid among shrubs before mountains; yellows, reds and greens.
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    Lithographs

    Lithographs from the early Munich years: forest animals, apes in the jungle, herds of goats and self-portraits – often coloured by hand.

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