Richard Seewald
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38 works

Watercolours

Travel sheets from Greece, Italy and Ticino – coasts, temples, harbours and villages, set down with a light hand and a clear line.

  1. Richard Seewald, Stürmischer Hafen, 1963. Gouache: Light boats in the foreground before a tall tower and rocky coast by the sea, in blue, ochre and grey tones.

    01Stürmischer Hafen1963

  2. Richard Seewald, 1930. Watercolour: Orange-red church tower and white buildings by a harbour, pigeons in the foreground, narrow blue sky band, light line drawing.

    02Church tower on harbour square1930

  3. Richard Seewald, Watercolour: Pink and blue-green stratified rock formations on a coast, narrow strip of sea at right; sheet photographed in its frame.

    03Pink coastal rocks

  4. Richard Seewald, Watercolour: A brown roe deer leaps through dense green grass and foliage; strong greens and yellows, square crop.

    04Roe deer in thicket

  5. Richard Seewald, Watercolour: Rolling turquoise and yellow fields with small figures and horses at work, trees and mountains under a blue sky.

    05Hilly landscape with fieldwork

  6. Richard Seewald, Watercolour: Pink house with corrugated roof and red door, a dark figure in front, column at left, tall leaves at right; muted greys.

    06Pink house with passer-by

  7. Richard Seewald, Watercolour: White houses cling to grey and green cliffs beneath clouds; vertical composition with heavily fissured rock.

    07Mountain village on steep cliff

  8. Richard Seewald, Watercolour: Oil lamp with green shade, book, pipe and ashtray against a cracked, cream-coloured ground.

    08Still life with oil lamp

  9. Richard Seewald, Watercolour: Large brown clay jars in the foreground, a woman in an open doorway behind, a cat at right; grey-blue and ochre.

    09Jars and woman at door

  10. Richard Seewald, Watercolour: Four figures harvesting grapes in front of a trellis and ladder, baskets of grapes in the foreground; light pastels.

    10Grape harvest with figures

  11. Richard Seewald, Watercolour: Seated woman with a child in her arms at a laid table, two men in a doorway behind; browns, greens and orange.

    11Mother and child at table

  12. Richard Seewald, Watercolour: Porous pale rocks in the foreground before sea and mountains, a large pale sun; blue, grey and cream palette.

    12Rugged rocky coast

  13. Richard Seewald, 1961. Watercolour: A two-masted boat with rigging lies in shallow water, low hills behind; greys, black and cream.

    13Two-master on beach1961

  14. Richard Seewald, 1961. Watercolour: Slender cypress and wind-bent pine on a rise above the sea, agaves in the foreground; monochrome grey-cream.

    14Cypress and pine by sea1961

  15. Richard Seewald, Watercolour: White houses of a town in a hollow between bare hills, dark mountain ridge above; greys and cream.

    15White town among hills

  16. Richard Seewald, Olympia, 1961. Watercolour: Winding road through terraced hills with a small rider and a cypress; black, white and grey wash tones.

    16Olympia1961

  17. Richard Seewald, Watercolour: Small rider on a donkey in a broad hilly landscape with distant mountain ranges; greys on cream.

    17Rider in mountain landscape

  18. Richard Seewald, Korfu, 1961. Watercolour: Sweeping hills and rugged rocks above a bay, plants in the foreground; high-contrast black, grey and white.

    18Korfu1961

  19. Richard Seewald, Cypern, 1961. Watercolour: Cypresses and agaves in a wide landscape, with a sun like an eye amid bands of cloud in the sky.

    19Cypern1961

  20. Richard Seewald, Akrokorinth, 1961. Watercolour: A sailboat mast in the foreground on still water, islands and cloud bands on the horizon; grey and cream.

    20Akrokorinth1961

  21. Richard Seewald, Naxos, 1961. Watercolour: Free-standing marble gateway on a rise, rubble and reclining figures in the foreground; grey sky.

    21Naxos1961

  22. Richard Seewald, Korinth, 1961. Watercolour: Doric temple in a coastal landscape with goats in front; distant mountain, grey-cream tones.

    22Korinth1961

  23. Richard Seewald, Sunion, 1961. Watercolour: Ancient columns at left, view over sea and islands, dark clouds; grey and cream tones.

    23Sunion1961

  24. Richard Seewald, Aigina, 1961. Watercolour: Broad coastal landscape with a tower and conical hills, distant mountains; light sandy tones.

    24Aigina1961

  25. Richard Seewald, Poros, 1961. Watercolour: White harbour town on a bay, fishing boat in the foreground, rippling water; black, white and grey.

    25Poros1961

  26. Richard Seewald, Prozession in Ascona, 1928. Watercolour: Dark-clad figures in a line cross a bridge between ochre and red houses; wooded hill behind.

    26Prozession in Ascona1928

  27. Richard Seewald, Watercolour: Three scenes of jugs, grape harvest and a table scene side by side, very small on a white ground.

    27Three-part design, small

  28. Richard Seewald, 1922. Watercolour: Green olive-covered terraced hills with a castle on the ridge under a blue sky; strong greens and blues.

    28Wooded hills with castle1922

  29. Richard Seewald, Watercolour: View through a painted window opening onto a village, path and trees, jug and fruit on the sill; blue sky.

    29Window view of village

  30. Richard Seewald, Watercolour: View over a parapet onto a lake with islands and mountains, boat with sail and jug; blue and terracotta.

    30Window view of lake

  31. Richard Seewald, Watercolour: Lively street café with flags and plates on the façade, guests at tables, trees; reds, greens and blues.

    31Open-air café

  32. Richard Seewald, Watercolour: Black goat on a hill with a house, below a pig and a man in swirling blues and turquoise.

    32Goat, pig and man

  33. Richard Seewald, Watercolour: Square with four palms, church and lamps in a dark mood, two figures; photographed behind glass.

    33Square with palms at night

  34. Richard Seewald, 1924. Watercolour: Ink drawing of a man with a cane and jug on stairs before houses; black lines on grey ground.

    34Man with jug on stairs1924

  35. Richard Seewald, Robinson, 1923. Watercolour: Seated shepherd in a brown robe with a goat, parrot and cacti before the sea; light greens, blues and browns.

    35Robinson1923

  36. Richard Seewald, Watercolour: Reclining purple goat on a blue-green ground on a pale sheet, handwritten line below.

    36Goat with dedication

  37. Richard Seewald, Watercolour: Oxen pull a cart carrying a large jug, people harvesting, vine trellises; strong yellows, blues and reds.

    37Ox cart at grape harvest

  38. Richard Seewald, Watercolour: Narrow lane between tall walls and houses, blue shadowed road, blue sky; warm ochre and orange tones.

    38Lane in Positano