Against a deep blue ground, a lush bouquet unfolds: with loose, spontaneous brushwork, Paul Kuhfuss sets red flower clusters and blue and white blossom spikes against the cool blue of the background and the light yellow-green of the foreground – the white bowl anchors the colourful scene. Painted in 1943, this tempera shows Kuhfuss at the height of his power as a colourist: in the midst of war, a picture of unbroken joy in colour. Framed ready to hang, with passe-partout, in a genuine silver moulding with museum glass.
About the Artist Paul Kuhfuss
Paul Kuhfuss (1883–1960) is one of the independent Berlin painters of the first half of the 20th century. His richly coloured œuvre comprises landscapes, city views and still lifes, painted with a spontaneous stroke and a keen sense of colour contrast. Trained at the Royal Art School Berlin under Philipp Franck and in the landscape class of the Berlin Academy, Kuhfuss worked as an art teacher from 1907 and lived in Pankow from 1910. From 1912 he took part in numerous exhibitions, including the Great Berlin Art Exhibition, the Free Secession under Max Liebermann and the Berlin Secession under Lovis Corinth. In 1960, the year of his death, he was honoured as a prize winner of the Great Berlin Art Exhibition.
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