Dill, Ludwig (Gernsbach 1848 - 1940 Karlsruhe... Lot n° 56122

Dill, Ludwig (Gernsbach 1848 - 1940 Karlsruhe)Painting "Infantry", oil on cardboard, German infantrymen storming a French barricade in the Vosges Mountains in the winter of 1915, signed and dated "L. DILL 15" lower left, titled in ink on the reverse, numbered and signed "L. Dill 457 Infantry", 19 x 27,5 cm, slightly retouched at upper margin, otherwise very good condition, later neatly framed with shadow gap in good gold molding (29 x 38 cm) 4303 The theme of war hardly plays a role in Ludwig Dill's work, the present small painting should be seen in close connection with the loss of his son, who fell on the Western Front in the winter of 1915 Lit.: Jutta Hülsewig-Johnen and Henrike Mund 2014, Happiness in Art - Expressionism and Abstraction around 1914, page 219 with full-page illustration Prov.: Sammlung Bunte