(Scots pines along the shore of the Darss Peninsula, Germany)

Hans Schönwald

An image of leggy Scots pines growing along the western shores of the of the Darss Peninsula on the Baltic coast of Germany. Now a part of the Western Pomeranian Lagoon Region National Park, the west side of the peninsula is bordered by the Baltic Sea and is characterized by its bracken-lined shores dotted with the slender trunks of Scots pines.

Little is found on the artist Hans Schonwald, but it is known that he was active in the 1930s through 1945 and he lived for a time in Darss. He appears to have been primarliy a landscape painter, though examples of his prints, including lithographs and etchings, can be found online.