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Family I, 1925

Leopold Museum,
Vienna © Herbert Boeckl estate,
Vienna
Oil on canvas
121.6×106 cm

Artists

  • Herbert Boeckl

    (Klagenfurt 1894–1966 Vienna)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment
From May 1925, Herbert Boeckl (1894–1966) returned to working primarily in Carinthia, where this portrait of his family was created. The painter had been married to Klagenfurt-born Maria Plahna (1898–1992) since 21st July 1919; the couple would go on to have nine children. Boeckl’s father-in-law continued to support the family financially until the early 1930s, since the Expressionist artist’s early works were harshly criticized in the arts pages. The Viennese art dealer Gustav Nebehay (1881–1935) also helped to secure the economic survival of the artist’s family through an open-ended commission contract with advance payment. The group portrait Family I shows, from left to right, the eldest daughter Martina (born in 1920), Maria Boeckl and a nanny with the second-eldest daughter Maria (born in 1924). One year later, Herbert Boeckl created a second version of the family portrait with minor adaptations.

Object data

Artist/author
  • Herbert Boeckl
Title
Family I
Alternative title
First Small Family Portrait
Date
1925
Art movement
Expressionism
Category
Painting
Material​/technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
121.6×106 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 349
Inventory access
Contributed to the Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung in 1994
Selection of Reference works
  • Herbert Boeckl. Retrospektive, hrsg. von Agnes Husslein-Arco/Matthias Boeckl Wien 2009 (Ausst.-Kat. Belvedere, Wien, 21.10.2009-31.01.2010).
  • Herbert Boeckl. Mit einem Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde von Leonore Boeckl, hrsg. von Gerbert Frodl, Salzburg 1976.
Catalogue raisonne
  • Husslein-Arco 2009: 93
  • Frodl 1976: 75
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