Zwei Mädchen Am Wasser 1926

"Zwei Mädchen Am Wasser" (Two Girls by the Water), a 1926 work by German Expressionist artist Otto Mueller, depicts two nude women in a stylized landscape. The figures, rendered in a combination of pastel and charcoal, are outlined in black and bathed in a yellow light, contrasting with the cooler blue tones of the background. Mueller's focus on form and line, characteristic of Expressionism, lends a sense of emotional intensity to the scene. The artist's signature can be seen in the lower left corner of the work.