Stillleben mit Dahlien. 1930.
Oil on canvas.
Riedel 254. Upper right signed "P.A.Böckstiegel" and dated. 85.5 x 70 cm (33.6 x 27.5 in).

• Splendid flower still life in the chracteristic radiant coloring.
• P.A. Böckstiegel is one of the most important representatives of the 2nd generation of expressionists.
• Böckstiegel's still lives are everything but 'still', they emanate great liveliness.
• Other paintings by Böckstiegel can be found at, among others, the Kunsthalle Bielefeld, the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Bielefeld.
Private collection Lemoyne, USA.
Private collection Thuringia.

EXHIBITION: Peter August Böckstiegel. Ein westfälischer Expressionist, Kunsthaus Apolda, April 14 - June 16, 2019.

LITERATURE: Auction at Pforzheimer Auktionshaus, Pforzheim, October 1, 2011, cat. 963.
“Today and yesterday I worked on the dahlia painting from morning until nightfall, I still have work to do on Sunday and tomorrow. The rainy weather makes everything dark and mysterious, the jugs in strong shine on a deep dark violet-red with matt and luminous lights to the glow of the red dahlias in all tones, everything seems very wide and large."
Peter August Böckstiegel, quoted from: David Riedel, Peter August Böckstiegel. Die Gemälde 1910-1951, Munich 2014, p.262.