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Landscape with House in Ruins, c. 1890

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Mixed media on paper on cardboard
34×40.9 cm

Artists

  • Robert Russ

    (Vienna 1847–1922 Vienna)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment
Painted around 1890, the Landscape with House in Ruins shows the unique and unmistakable painting style of Robert Russ (1847–1922) of his creative phase around 1900. The shapes of the landscape dissolve into dots and spots, covering the picture surface in pointillist manner like a carpet. The resultant impression is that of a diversely structured surface. The painting is characterized by a cool and light colors. Particularly remarkable are the violet shadows, which are in complementary contrast to the delicate yellow of the rocks. The only element in the picture with clear outlines appears to be the ruined house in the center. With this unspectacular motif, enlivened by sketchy staffage figures, Russ lines up with the Austrian Atmospheric Impressionists. However, lyrical pictorial conception remained foreign to the artist; rather, it is the reality of color and light that informs his work.

AGW, 2021

Object data

Artist/author
Title
Landscape with House in Ruins
Date
c. 1890
Art movement
Atmospheric Impressionism
Category
Graphic work
Material​/technique
Mixed media on paper on cardboard
Dimensions
34×40.9 cm
Signature
Signed lower right: Robert Russ
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 3546
Inventory access
Contributed to the Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung in 1994
Selection of Reference works
  • Meisterwerke Leopold Museum, hrsg. von Hans-Peter Wipplinger, Köln 2018.
  • Elisabeth Leopold/Rudolf Leopold u.a.: Leopold Museumsführer Deutsch, Wien 2016.
  • Leopold Museum Wien. Österreichische Kunst des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts, hrsg. von Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, München u.a. 2008.
  • Leopold: Meisterwerke aus dem Leopold Museum Wien, hrsg. von Rudolf Leopold/Romana Schuler, Köln 2001.
Keywords
houselandscape depictiongroups of peopleforest/woodFowl

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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i

Kunsthandel Eduard Hirschler, Wien (o.D.);
Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Wien (o.D.); (1)
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (1994).

  1. Andrea Winklbauer, Robert Russ 1847-1922. Monographie mit Verzeichnis der Gemälde, Wien 2016, S. 235, Nr. I. 464

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