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Reclining Female Torso, undated

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Chalk on paper
48.1×63 cm

Artists

  • Hans Böhler

    (Vienna 1884‒1961 Vienna)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment
Alongside his luminous, colorful landscapes, the well-traveled painter Hans Böhler (1884–1961) chose human depictions, especially of women, as his primary motif. As co-founders of the artists’ association Neukunstgruppe, Böhler had ties with Egon Schiele (1890–1918), whom he supported through acquisitions of his works. The two artists further shared an interest in human bodies and their positioning in the space. Unlike with Schiele, Böhler’s nudes convey a sensual tranquility. As Böhler’s main concern was to experiment with the position of his bodies, he often dispensed with rendering their faces, while the genitals are hidden by crossed legs, the choice of perspective or pieces of fabric. What remains are forms and dynamics. For Böhler, the drawing provided an important field for experimentation when it came to finding his style, though he increasingly dispensed with contours in his paintings.

Object data

Artist/author
  • Hans Böhler
Title
Reclining Female Torso
Date
undated
Art movement
Expressionism
Category
Graphic work
Material​/technique
Chalk on paper
Dimensions
48.1×63 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 2931
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 (seit 1994).

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