Unknown artist, possibly Hans-Siebert von Heister

Unknown artist, possibly Hans-Siebert von Heister (German 1888-1967), „untitled“, 1920ies, oil color on canvas on stretcher, on elder traditional painting, 58 x 53cm. Provenance from the workshop of the former Art Gallery Heinrich Picker, Gökerstraße, Wilhelmshaven.

Transmitted Infrared reveals an earlier, traditional painting beneath the modernist composition.

The now visible modernist composition follows the traditional one.

There is a striking compositional similarity between the present painting and Franz Marcs „Kämpfende Formen“, 1914, Öl auf Leinwand, 91 × 131,5 cm, Neue Pinakothek München. (Photo: Gemeinfrei, Wikipedia). Since the present painting is based on the traditional painting undernearth it, it mus be earlier than the one by Franz Marc.