Japanische Farb-Kois (Japanese Color Koi)

Visual Description

Four Japanese koi swim in a clear, turquoise-blue pond. Their bodies show the typical markings in white with red, white with black, orange, and yellow with black. Water plants grow on the bottom, and lily pads float on the surface.

Artistic Interpretation

In Japanese culture, koi stand for good fortune, perseverance and prosperity. Graf shows them in a harmonious, circling movement that combines calm and liveliness. The picture feels like a look into a quiet garden pond.

Art-Historical Context

The motif connects to the East Asian tradition of depicting koi, which Graf renders with European realism and strong color. The result is a picture that is both decorative and true to nature.

Exclusivity

A wide landscape format (63 × 100 cm) that takes up the movement of the fish. The transparency of the water and the luminous colors of the koi are painted with great care.

Collector Value

A harmonious work for living spaces, spa and wellness areas, Asian restaurants, practices and hotels. For collectors who value symbols of good fortune and color.

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.