Primeval forest on the Guinea coast (1920)
August Specht1920 · Portrait · Public domain
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Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1923)
Specifications
- Year
- 1920
- Nationality / school
- German
- Lifespan
- 1849–1923
About the artwork
"Primeval forest on the Guinea coast" (1920) is a work by August Specht. Landscape in brief: The invention of paint in tubes in the 1840s made it easier to work outdoors, and landscape became a main subject of Romanticism, Realism, and Impressionism. Painters have used landscape to study light, weather, season, and the relation between people and place. Historical background, 1920: Dada and Surrealism followed the First World War, the Bauhaus school was founded in 1919, and Art Deco became the fashionable decorative style of the 1920s and 1930s. The first decades of the twentieth century were a period of rapid experiment, with Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, and the first abstract painting appearing within a few years of each other. It is listed in the Landscape collection. The image is in portrait orientation.
"Primeval forest on the Guinea coast" is shown in the onlly.art catalogue for reference and browsing. A portrait format suits narrow wall spaces, hallways, and the area beside a door or window. Browsing works by the same artist, or from the same period, is a good way to compare styles before choosing what suits your space.
About the artist
German, 1849–1923
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