Pyke Koch (1901-1991) was not easily satisfied with his work. He left behind a limited oeuvre of around 100 paintings. This includes about a dozen still lifes, which he produced mainly during the Second World War. Koch sometimes traded these – small – works for bread, tobacco, or coffee.
One of th
...em is this small Still Life with Apple from 1945. The apple is not lying on a table with its ‘mates’ but still hanging from its branch, standing out against a blue sky with a few white clouds. Ready for plucking!Pyke Koch (1901-1991) was not easily satisfied with his work. He left behind a limited oeuvre of around 100 paintings. This includes about a dozen still lifes, which he produced mainly during the Second World War. Koch sometimes traded these – small – works for bread, tobacco, or coffee.
One of them is this small Still Life with Apple from 1945. The apple is not lying on a table with its ‘mates’ but still hanging from its branch, standing out against a blue sky with a few white clouds. Ready for plucking!