Oil on hardboard;
Signed lower right;
26,7 x 31,9 in inch framed;
In ‘View of an Industrial Harbour,’ the early expressionist combines functional architecture with atmospheric representation. Cranes, warehouses, and steaming chimneys form a well-thought-out composition characterised by muted colours with a few colour accents and balanced lighting. A characteristic work from Waske's preoccupation with urban-industrial motifs. Waske exhibited alongside Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel, Max Pechstein and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, among others. Discrimination as a ‘degenerate artist,’ the destruction of his home and studio during a bombing raid on Berlin in 1943, and the artist's evacuation to East Prussia from 1943 to 1946 put a stop to his successful career. Crack in the plate in the centre left. Does not detract from the impression.
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