Beech Woods in Goisern, 1884

Emil Jakob Schindler (1842–1892) spent the summer months of the years 1881 to 1884 with his family and his student Carl Moll (1861–1945) in Bad Goisern in the Salzkammergut region, where he created the present painting. The artist, one of the main protagonists of Austrian Atmospheric Impressionism, depicts the view of a summer forest in a sketch-like manner. A path with steps and wooden railings directs the gaze to a clearing in the depth of the picture, where the silhouettes of grazing animals can be discerned. The painting is dominated by shades of brown and green. The sketchily placed white highlights that illustrate the wind blowing through the leaves bring the picture to life. The painting is probably connected to a cycle of images representing the months of the year, which Schindler created simultaneously.

AGW, 2023