Carlos Grethe (1864-1913) Gegen den Strom (Against the Current) Circa 1900

This is a little off topic but bear with me and enjoy this fine work. It may stimulate some creative juices out there. This morning I browsed the current auction catalog of Auctionshaus Geble, Radolfzell, DE and this fine painting really took my breath away. Sometimes I am browsing along, going through hundreds of artworks looking for exceptional nudes and all of a sudden something else catches my eye. Although this painting is outside my collecting purview, to my eye it really represents a perfect collective storm of drawing, composition, movement, creating and releasing stress, color, brushstroke, and just plain perfect draftsmanship. Carlos Grethe (1864-1913) was a member of the Munich Seccession and co-founder of the Stuttgard and Karlsruhe Artists Association during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is well known as a marine and genre painter. This particular painting, according to the description, was exhibited at the Leipzig Art Association Exhibition. The title of the painting is: Gegen den Strom (Against the Current).
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