Erich Heckel's life in 1913 was marked by upheavals and new beginnings. On May 27, 1913, the passive members of the "Brücke" were informed about the break-up as a consequence of discrepancies among the group members. In the same year, Erich Heckel's first solo exhibition took place at Galerie Fritz Gurlitt in Berlin, and the quest for an independent artistic expression became increasingly important. In the summer months he went to the Flensburg Fjord for the first time, where he discovered the ‘Angeliter’ landscapes around the small village of Osterholz. After his stays in Dangast on the North Sea, where he had spent several summers with Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and Max Pechstein during the "Brücke" period, the Flensburg Fjord was to become an important retreat for the artist and his wife Sidi Riha from right after the end of the World War I and well into the 1940s. During his first stay he found great pleasure in the landscape around Osterholz with its rolling hills and direct view of the Baltic Sea. Numerous works were created, about which he reported in a letter to his friend Walter Kaesbach in 1913 as follows: "You want to hear about the works here. [..] There are perhaps some landscapes among them that will remain; also among the drawings." He then continues with a description that perfectly matches the present work: "I think the works I make here have more of the wind and the wafting bushes, the bent trees and the restless cloudy sky than the serene summer peace, which also expresses own searching and restless longing." (Erich Heckel, August 23, 1913, quoted from: Karlheinz Gabler, Erich Heckel und sein Kreis. Dokumente, Fotos, Briefe, Schriften, Stuttgart 1983, p. 120). With expressive strokes, he not only transfers what he sees, but, with the choice of motif and its execution, also provides insight into his state of mind. The moving sky with the piled clouds and the disheveled bushes and trees make the restlessness of the now independent artist palpable. [AR].