Snow separating the town’s coloured planes

Winter sets warm and green façades beneath pale roofs, with bare branches crossing the near ground. Broad snow-covered areas clarify the different building shapes. The darker windows and street edges provide smaller accents within the larger blocks of colour.

A dark structure crossing the water

Monorail angles heavy supports through trees and coloured buildings beside a reflective channel. The black framework gives the view a forceful foreground. Bright foliage and blue water keep the surrounding landscape active rather than leaving the transport structure isolated.

Trees gathering around the distant buildings

Landscape with Factory fills much of the image with dark green crowns and sharply divided leaves, with industrial forms rising behind. Pale and bright touches separate parts of the foliage. The factory remains connected to the planted ground through overlapping colour and repeated verticals.

Related artists and collections

Compare expressive built landscapes in Otto Geigenberger, strong colour in August Macke and divided natural forms in Oskar Moll. Further Expressionist prints develops those connections, while architecture art follows the towns, factories and structures within their outdoor settings.

Read more in our guide to Expressionism.