“Attack" (original artist's title), the episode  from WWI by German painter and illustrator  Kurt Hassenkamp (Berlin 1886 - 1917 Heidelberg).

The painter, who died young, painted genre scenes with fishermen, coastal views, ships, and military scenes from the First World War in a smooth Impressionist style.

He lived and worked in Berlin, attended art school, and received painting lessons by  marine and landscape painter Karl Saltzmann. Between 1911 and 1917, the painter caused a sensation with his work at the Grosze annual exhibition in Berlin and the annual exhibition at the Glaspalast in Munich in 1912.

Literature: ThB XVI, 1923, 113 .

Inscription: signed and dated 1915, titled, signed and dated verso: Kurt Hassenkamp 1915.

Technique: Grisaille watercolour on paper, framed.

Measurements: unframed w 24 3/8"  x h 16 1/2" (62 x 42 cm), framed w 28" x h 20" (71 x 51 cm)

Condition: in good condition.