Dated 31 September 1884, the small study in portrait format fulfils all the criteria of a “paysage intime”. The term describes an artistic style that was first propagated by representatives of the Barbizon School in the 1850s. The simple nature detail shows tall, green-leaved trees on a green meadow under a blue, slightly cloudy spring sky. WT
Datierung: 31. Sept. 84. F., unten rechts
Hans Peter Feddersen-Nachlass (bis 1943); Renate von Bochmann (Enkelin des Malers); Privatbesitz, Deutschland (bis 2000); MKdW (2000).
Der Maler Hans Peter Feddersen. Leben, Briefe, Gemäldeverzeichnis, bearb. von Lilli Martius Neumünster 1966, Nr. 381. Werkverzeichnis Online: http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~bochmann/MalerFeddersen/index.html, bereitgestellt von Gregor von Bochmann, Kat. F 0381.