Sommer (Summer)

Visual Description

A slender tree with an airy crown stands alone in a wide, sunlit meadow. Behind it runs a row of dark trees, and above, a sky with clouds in pink, orange and blue. The paint is applied in a thick, lively way, partly with a palette knife.

Artistic Interpretation

The picture captures the warmth and expanse of a summer evening. The single tree becomes a figure that stands for constancy and vitality. Part of Graf’s seasons, in which light and mood play the leading role.

Art-Historical Context

In this work, Graf shows a freer, impressionistic side. The impasto application of paint and the interest in changing light stand in the tradition of nineteenth-century plein-air painting.

Exclusivity

Landscape format, 60 × 80 cm, oil on canvas. Together with “Winter” and “Herbststimmung,” it forms a small cycle of the seasons.

Collector Value

A cheerful, light-filled work for living spaces, practices, hotels and offices. Especially appealing for collectors as a pair of opposites with “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.