Herbststimmung (Autumn Mood)

Visual Description

A narrow stream winds through an open forest, the leaves along its banks glowing red, orange and gold. Tall trees with pale trunks lean over the water, their crowns still green and yellow. In the background, a hazy blue sky shimmers.

Artistic Interpretation

The picture shows autumn as a time of transition and abundance. The flowing water brings both calm and movement into the picture and invites the viewer to pause.

Art-Historical Context

Graf combines the tradition of German forest painting with a loose, impressionistic application of paint. The light and color of the leaves are at the center, not the detail.

Exclusivity

Vertical format, 80 × 100 cm. Part of Graf’s paintings of the seasons, which together form a small cycle.

Collector Value

A warm, calming work for living and dining rooms, country houses, practices and hotels. Especially harmonious together with “Sommer” and “Winter.”

More About the Artist

Erich Graf is one of Germany’s most distinguished wildlife and landscape painters and, for more than four decades, has created richly detailed, atmospheric paintings of animals, nature and cultural scenes. Internationally exhibited and collected—named among the “world’s best animal painters” by Wildlife Art Magazine in 2025—his works are sought after as far as royal households.

Condition Report

Original from the artist’s studio, signed. A detailed condition report with close-up photos is available on request before purchase.