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Portrait of the Architect Anton Dvořák, 1909

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Oil on cardboard
72.3×53.3 cm

Artists

  • Max Oppenheimer

    (Vienna 1885–1954 New York)

Currently on display at EG
Among the plethora of portraits of famous artists created by Max Oppenheimer (1885–1954), the 1909 work Portrait of Anton Dvořák (1885–1964) is one of the earliest. It was likely executed before MOPP – as Oppenheimer was called – left Vienna for Berlin. The blue-green hues of the tie and eyes glow within the otherwise monochrome, pastel gray-brown shades of the oil painting. The full-lipped engineer and architect is depicted leaning back with a pondering expression. MOPP was friends with Egon Schiele. Both artists shared the characteristic of conveying a sense of tension and personality via the hands of the portrayed. Anton Dvořák’s right hand reaches for the left as in a handshake but only clutches the ring finger, while the index and middle finger are outstretched to clasp a cigarette.

Object data

Artist/author
  • Max Oppenheimer
Title
Portrait of the Architect Anton Dvořák
Date
1909
Art movement
Expressionism
Category
Painting
Material​/technique
Oil on cardboard
Dimensions
72.3×53.3 cm
Credit line of the permanent loan
Private collection
Selection of Reference works
  • Max Oppenheimer. Expressionist der ersten Stunde, hrsg. von Hans-Peter Wipplinger, Wien 2023 (Ausst.-Kat. Leopold Museum, Wien, 06.10.2023 –25.02.2024).
  • Marie-Agnes von Puttkamer: Max Oppenheimer – MOPP (1885-1954). Leben und malerisches Werk mit einem Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, Wien u.a. 1999.
Catalogue raisonne
  • Puttkamer 1999: 23
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Provenance

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