August Wilckens

Outside the Door of the Tavern in Sønderho, 1905

Surrounded by a peaceful atmosphere, a woman wearing the traditional dress of the Fanø islanders sits in the shade of a tree. She is absorbed in her handiwork and her gaze is absent-minded, as though she were paying no attention to the almost mechanically executed work of her hands. A large woven basket stands before her feet. The scene is composed in a summery, colourful palette and features warm contrasts of light and dark. The motif is centred around the brightly lit, yellow and gold door of...

Signature: Signed: Wilckens, lower right

Kunsthandel, Deutschland (2000); MKdW (2000).
[Weiterführende Literatur] Brian Barrett: August Wilckens. Ein Künstler aus dem Grenzland, Fanø 1994.
[Weiterführende Literatur] Ulrich Schulte-Wülwer: Malerei in Schleswig-Holstein, Katalog der Gemäldesammlung des Städtischen Museums Flensburg, Heide 1989.
[Weiterführende Literatur] Ausst.-Kat. reload! Tracht – Kunst – Mode, hrsg. von Ulrike Wolff-Thomsen, Heide 2017.
[Weiterführende Literatur] Kunstnerne på Fanø. Samlingen på Fanø Kunstmuseum. Fanø 2020, S. 116.

August Wilckens (1870 - 1939)

Outside the Door of the Tavern in Sønderho

1905

Oil on canvas

66 x 56 cm

Human

Inv.-Nr. 2 WIL 01

Museum Kunst der Westküste

Access 2000

Not on display