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Wachau Landscape, 1913

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Oil on canvas
66.4×82.3 cm

Artists

  • Anton Faistauer

    (St. Martin near Lofer 1887–1930 Vienna)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment
During his summer in the picturesque Wachau region, Anton Faistauer (1887–1930), accompanied by his wife Ida Andersen, took his inspiration from the surrounding nature, the ruins and the rural architecture. He rendered the peaceful idyl around him in painting, as he did here in this Wachau Landsacape of 1913 or in Road into Dürnstein. He discovered anew the harmonious sunny colors and the form vocabulary of his idol Paul Cézanne (1839–1906). Easily and organically, walls and trees, colorfully patchy and multi-faceted, fit themselves into the mountain face in the picture. A small piece of bright blue sky makes the sensual composition of light earthy brown, white, and green look even more balanced.

RR, 2021

Object data

Artist/author
  • Anton Faistauer
Title
Wachau Landscape
Alternative title
Mountain Landscape with Houses and Ruin
Date
1913
Art movement
Expressionism
Category
Painting
Material​/technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
66.4×82.3 cm
Signature
Signed lower right: A Faistauer
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 364
Inventory access
Contributed to the Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung in 1994
Selection of Reference works
  • Franz Fuhrmann: Anton Faistauer 1887–1930 mit dem Werkvezeichnis der Gemälde, Salzburg 1972.
Catalogue raisonne
  • Fuhrmann 1972: 68
Keywords
landscape representationhouseravine/chasm/abyssrocksfence/walltreelandscape with ruinsedifice/dwelling

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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i
Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Wien (o.D.);
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (1994).

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landscape representationhouseravine/chasm/abyssrocksfence/walltreelandscape with ruinsedifice/dwelling