ANOTHER SKETCH FROM THE VILLA-LIEBERMANN IN WANNSEE

Villa-Liebermann am Wannsee, 7 x 10 inch ink and watercolor by George C. Clark    AVAILABLE

This is another sketch I drew at the Villa-Liebermann, now a museum.  I recently posted a drawing I made in the formal flower garden on the landward side of the house.  This is the opposite side of the building where a big lawn runs down to the Wannsee lake.  There had been a brief shower during the train ride out from Berlin, but by the time I drew this in late morning the weather had turned sunny and pleasant and museum visitors were enjoying coffee and pastries at Cafe Max on the lake-facing terrace of the villa.   

GARDEN IN WANNSEE

Garden in Wannsee, Germany, 9.5 x 6.5 ink and watercolor by George C. Clark    SOLD

One of the most interesting places I visited on my recent trip to Germany was the house the great painter Max Liebermann built on the shore of the Wannsee outside of Berlin in 1910 and where he worked every summer until his death in 1935.  After decades in private hands, the house has been acquired by the state, restored to its ca. 1912 look, and opened as a museum, the Villa-Liebermann am Wannsee.  It features changing exhibitions (currently a show of Liebermann's on-site art from various northern European beaches), but in the the second-floor room that was Lieberman's studio there is a permanent display of paintings he created in the house or on its beautifully landscaped grounds.  It is rare to see art displayed at the very location it depicts.