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Fire in the Village. Study III, c. 1888

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Oil on canvas
22.8×33.8 cm

Artists

  • Theodor von Hörmann

    (Imst 1840–1895 Graz)

Currently on display at OG4
In this painting, created around 1888, the Austrian artist Theodor von Hörmann (1840–1895) captured a dramatic scene: A panic-stricken crowd of people is running towards a burning village. Armed with sticks, the figures molded in hues of blue and red, seem to be hurrying to help the villagers. Using broad brushstrokes, the artist only hinted at the events and availed himself of an unusual fleetingness in his execution. It is quite possible that Hörmann, who lived in Paris from 1886, would have experienced the village fire first-hand during his travels through France and would have later transferred the motif into an allegory of destruction and transience.

AS, 2021

Object data

Artist/author
  • Theodor von Hörmann
Title
Fire in the Village. Study III
Date
c. 1888
Art movement
Impressionism, Atmospheric Impressionism
Category
Painting
Material​/technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
22.8×33.8 cm
Signature
Lower right: Estate stamp
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 238
Inventory access
Contributed to the Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung in 1994
Selection of Reference works
  • Theodor von Hörmann. Von Paris zur Secession, hrsg. von Marianne Hussl-Hörmann/Hans-Peter Wipplinger, Wien 2016 (Ausst.-Kat. Leopold Museum, Wien, 29.04.2016–29.08.2016).
  • Marianne Hussl-Hörmann: Theodor von Hörmann 1840-1895 Monographie mit Verzeichnis der Gemälde, Wien 2013.
Catalogue raisonne
  • Hussl-Hörmann 2013: I.285
Keywords
transiencegroup of peopleDestructionon fire/ablazevillagevillage streettreelandscapehelp (in case of danger)

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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i

Nachlass Theodor von Hörmann, Wien (1895); (1)
Galerie Schebesta, Wien (1965);
Unbekannter Privatbesitz;
Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Wien (o.D.); (2)
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (seit 1994)

  1. Nachlassstempel vorne rechts unten
  2. Marianne Hussl-Hörmann, Theodor von Hörmann (1840–1895). Monographie mit Verzeichnis der Gemälde, Wien 2013, S. 228, Nr. I.285

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transiencegroup of peopleDestructionon fire/ablazevillagevillage streettreelandscapehelp (in case of danger)

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