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Small Mountain Town in Dalmatia, 1888

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Oil on wood
26.2×36.1×0.5 cm

Artists

  • Emil Jakob Schindler

    (Vienna 1842–1892 Sylt)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment
In his painting Small Mountain Town in Dalmatia, Emil Jakob Schindler (1842–1892) depicts a southern, hilly landscape defined by loosely clustered houses and a church picturesquely perched on a mountainside. A path in the foreground leads the viewer’s eye into the depth of the composition. Avoiding narrative elements Schindler creates a quiet, contemplative atmosphere. The work thrives by the interplay of light and atmosphere and reflects Schindler’s turn to plein air painting—as well as his quest for a painterly dialogue between nature and architecture in the spirit of the Atmospheric Impressionism. The painting was produced during a journey to Dalmatia and Corfu commissioned by Crown Prince Rudolf (1858–1889).

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Object data

Artist/author
  • Emil Jakob Schindler
Title
Small Mountain Town in Dalmatia
Date
1888
Art movement
Atmospheric Impressionism
Category
Painting
Material​/technique
Oil on wood
Dimensions
26.2×36.1×0.5 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 132
Inventory access
Contributed to the Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung in 1994
Selection of Reference works
  • Heinrich Fuchs: Emil Jakob Schindler. Zeugnisse eines ungewöhnlichen Künstlerlebens. Werkkatalog, Wien 1970.
Keywords
landscape representationcity/villagemountainschurch

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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i

Nachlass Emil Jakob Schindler, Wien (1892);
Auktion: 05.12.1892, Künstlerhaus Wien, Nachlass Emil Jakob Schindler, Los Nr. 132; (1)
Auktion: 18.10.1926, Dorotheum Wien, 372. Kunstauktion, Los Nr. 94; (2)
Auktion: 02.06.1964, Dorotheum Wien, 564. Kunstauktion, Los Nr. 108 (Abb. Taf. 47);
Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Wien (vor 1970-1994); (3)
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (seit 1994).

  1. H. O. Miethke, Katalog des Künstlerischen Nachlasses Jakob Emil Schindlers, Wien 1892, S. 65, Nr. 132: „Blick auf San Teodora auf Corfu“
  2. Dorotheum Wien, Katalog zur 372. Kunstauktion, Wien 1926, S. 12, Nr. 94: „Italienisches Bergstädtchen“
  3. Heinrich Fuchs, Emil Jakob Schindler. Zeugnisse eines ungewöhnlichen Künstlerlebens. Werkkatalog, Wien 1970, S. 264, WV 663 (Abb.).

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