On a recent trip to southern Germany, more research revealed the location of some favorite watercolours. For many years, it seemed like the idyllic old mills were of the one or two known ones in the area, but the visit resulted in some wonderful surprises.
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| A favorite watercolour of an old style mill. |
Going for walk on green grass in January was one thing, but having an old school friend as a personal tour guide to help with the painting location research was even better.
On other visits, it was obvious that things were changing in the old neighborhoods, even the small river had been moved to run parallel to a major road. So the former old mills don't necessarily have the rivers running past them anymore. There are streets or parking lots instead. And much larger trees and bushes.
Fritz rarely labelled his paintings, so to find out that these watercolors are depicting the Daetzinger Getreidemuehle was quite exciting. As was finding it still standing, even though the village had expanded right up to it and the river has been relocated.
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| Visit to the Daetzinger Getreidemuehle in January 2015. |
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| The same mill, which had not been apparent before this trip. |
