Zwei Kinder unterm Weihnachtsbaum. 1914.
Oil on canvas, laid on cardboard.
50 x 35 cm (19.6 x 13.7 in).

• The expressionist Paul Adolf Seehaus captured the two sons of August Macke, Walter and Wolfgang, in a melancholic atmosphere of delicately balanced colors on Christmas 1914.
• A few months earlier, Seehaus lost his teacher and mentor, with whom he had been friends since 1910, on the battlefield.
• In 1913, Seehaus had taken part in the “Ausstellung Rheinischer Expressionisten” (Exhibition of Rhenish Expressionists) organized by August Macke in Bonn.
• For more than 100 years, the work has been in the possession of the family.

PROVENANCE: Artist's studio.
Private collection, Baden-Württemberg (obtained directly from the artist).
Since then in family ownership.

EXHIBITION: Die Rheinischen Expressionisten. August Macke und seine Malerfreunde, Städtisches Kunstmuseum Bonn, May 30 - July 29, 1979; Kaiser Wilhelm Museum Krefeld, August 26 - October 14, 1979; Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, October 30 - December 16, 1979.
Museum August Macke House, Bonn (permanent loan from a private collection in Baden-Württemberg).

Good overall impression. Partial with craquelure. Isolated tiny retouched spots. All in all slightly dusty. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the help of a UV light source and to the best of our knowledge and belief.