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Constantinople. Golden Horn, 1911

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Gouache on paper
36.2×50.1 cm

Artists

  • Oskar Laske

    (Chernivtsi 1874–1951 Vienna)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment
The painter Oskar Laske (1874–1951) derived most of his inspiration from his travels. Almost every year, he embarked on extended tours through all of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Before the outbreak of World War I, in 1911, Laske visited Greece and Turkey, where he captured this harbor scene on the Golden Horn. From an elevated vantage point, the artist painted a spacious square filled with a large crowd. The figures appear only as outlines. Behind the masts of the ships, we see the view of Istanbul with its mosques and minarets losing themselves in the hazy distance. By means of loose brushstrokes and watery glazing, Laske managed to capture the scene’s spatiality and atmosphere with sublime skill.

Object data

Artist/author
Title
Constantinople. Golden Horn
Date
1911
Art movement
Hagenbund, Expressionism
Category
Graphic work
Material​/technique
Gouache on paper
Dimensions
36.2×50.1 cm
Signature
Signed lower right using gouache: O. Laske; designated lower center using pencil: Konstantinopel Goldenes Horn
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 2386
Inventory access
Contributed to the Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung in 1994
Selection of Reference works
  • Linie und Form. 100 Meisterzeichnungen aus der Sammlung Leopold, hrsg. von Franz Smola/Fritz Koreny, Wien 2014 (Ausst.-Kat. Leopold Museum, Wien, 23.05.2014–20.10.2014).
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