As the title already suggests, Otto Heinrich Engel captures the idyllic scene after a summer rain shower, as evidenced by the puddles on the clay soil. The sun is already breaking through again, casting a brilliant play of color and light on the facade of the house through the canopy of trees.

Engel chose his location in front of “Grethjen's Gasthof” and looked north toward the tree-lined alleyway flanked by two Frisian houses. The neighboring village of Midlum appears faintly in the distance. In front of the gray plastered building on the right, two women from Föhr in traditional dress are chatting, one of them accompanied by a small child. The building and the trees in front of the house have remained almost unchanged. Unfortunately, the construction of another building now obstructs the open view of the landscape.

Wie der Titel schon verrät, erfasst Otto Heinrich Engel die idyllische Szene nach einem sommerlichen Regenschauer, wovon die Pfützen auf dem lehmigen Boden zeugen. Die Sonne bricht bereits wieder durch und zeichnet durch das Laufwerk der Bäume ein brillantes Farb-Licht-Spiel auf die Hausfassade.

Engel wählte seinen Standort vor Grethjens Gasthof und blickte nördlich auf die mit Bäumen bestandene Gasse, die von zwei Friesenhäusern gesäumt wird. In der Ferne taucht schemenhaft das Nachbardorf Midlum auf. Vor dem rechten grauverputzten Gebäude unterhalten sich zwei Föhringer Frauen in Tracht, die eine wird von einem kleinen Kind begleitet. Die bauliche Situation und die Bäume vor dem Haus sind annähernd gleichgeblieben. Durch die Errichtung eines weiteren Gebäudes ist der freie Blick in die Landschaft heute jedoch leider verstellt.

Sun after the Rain

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The Museum Kunst der Westküste is focused on the art of the North Sea countries Norway, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands. The collection’s works explore the theme of “Sea & Coast”, concentrating primarily on the period from around 1830 to 1930. International contemporary art is also represented in the collection.

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Otto Heinrich Engel

Sun after the Rain, 1903