Magnus Weidemann (Hamburg 1880-1967 Keitum)
"Abendstimmung auf Sylt" ["Sunset on Sylt"]
1934
watercolor on "Schoellershammer" cardboard
49,4 x 68,6 cm (framed, 52,5 x 72 cm)
lower right signed "WEIDEMANN," monogrammed "MW" and dated "1934"
condition: small marginal lesions, there with tiny loss of color; occasional inconspicuous scratch marks; small brownish spots in places on the sheet margin (probably inherent in the work)
Magnus Weidemann was German pastor, painter, graphic artist, photographer, author, and architect. He was a leading advocate of Freikörperkultur (FKK), naturism, within the Lebensreform (Life Reform) social movement. From 1926, he resided on the island of Sylt in northern Germany.
