Ludwig Bock

1886 – 1971 Munich

 

Ludwig Bock was part of a modern painting culture inspired by late Impressionism. Revealing a strong demand for expression, it was still bonded to certain stylistic values. In 1914, Ludwig Bock worked as expressively as Max Pechstein. However, at the end of the decade he returned to evocative compositions of clear light and space conditions. His suburban paintings of Schwabing (Munich), housefaçades, as well as landscapes and figures by the water demonstrate Ludwig Bock’s bold and spontaneous approach in the 1920s. His Venice watercolours from 1931 still are closer related to the circle around Matisse, particularly Albert Marquet, than to the recent painting traditions in Munich. Ludwig Bock’s still lives are not only thoroughly constructed and well-conceived in colour; like his paintings of landscapes and figures, they furthermore reflect a delicateness, a sensuous reality, and an immediateness of personal perception.