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Agitated Sky, c. 1885

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Oil on canvas
47.5×77.1 cm

Artists

  • Eugen Jettel

    (Rýmařov 1845–1901 Lussingrande)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment
In his work Agitated Sky, Eugen Jettel (1845–1901) concentrated on rendering atmospheric peculiarities. He sketched the water and shoreline with loose, broad brushstrokes, rendering the outlines of boats, trees and farmsteads. The almost expressive-looking cloud formations, full of contrasts, in front of a deep blue sky are remarkable within the oeuvre of this artist who usually rendered calm, cloudy skies. In this work, created around 1885, Jettel applied the paint dry, often leaving the structure of the canvas visible. Along with the open style of painting, this invests the rendering with a sketch-like appearance. Jettel, who lived for a long time in Paris, is an exponent of Austrian Atmospheric Impressionism. He embarked on numerous study trips to Hungary, Italy, Holland and Normandy, and together with Rudolf Ribarz (1848–1904), one of his fellow students at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, to Picardy.

Object data

Artist/author
  • Eugen Jettel
Title
Agitated Sky
Date
c. 1885
Art movement
Atmospheric Impressionism
Category
Painting
Material​/technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
47.5×77.1 cm
Signature
Monogrammed lower right: EJ
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 139
Inventory access
Contributed to the Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung in 1994
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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i
Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Wien (o.D.);
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (1994)

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