Im Gegenlicht (Backlit)

Visual Description

Branches with large maple leaves fill the picture; sunlight shines through the leaves and makes them glow in yellow, green and occasionally red. Behind them is a clear blue sky with light clouds. Between the leaves, barely visible, sits a small blue tit.

Artistic Interpretation

The picture celebrates a fleeting moment: the light falling through the foliage. The hidden blue tit invites a close look and turns the nature study into a small discovery.

Art-Historical Context

A close view of backlit leaves is a classic motif of nature observation. Graf combines botanical precision with luminous color and an almost graphic composition.

Exclusivity

Format 70 × 80 cm, oil on canvas. The transparency of the backlit leaves is painted with fine glazes and clear contours.

Collector Value

A fresh, light-filled work for living spaces, conservatories, practices and offices. It adds a close, intimate view to Graf’s paintings of the seasons.

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.