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Die Heimkehr der Herde

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The Return of the Herd
Date1844

Artist Michael Neder (1807 Wien – 1882 Wien)

ULAN

Object typePainting
MediumOil on wood
Dimensions
41,5 × 52 cm
SignatureSign. und dat. unten rechts: Neder / 1844
Inventory number3664
Location Upper Belvedere
The tightly packed herd is heading back to the farm. Flat bodies fill the picture’s narrow, stage-like space. By arranging the animals in parallel to the picture plane, Michael Neder dispenses with space-creating perspective. In this respect, the artist was already defying the prevailing ideas about art in his day. While his artist colleagues were always striving to surpass themselves with their superlative colors and sophisticated compositions, Neder confined his color scheme to only a few hues. His art left his contemporaries baffled. The painter Friedrich Gauermann was one of the few to recognize and foster Neder’s talent.

Provenance
Exhibitions

Sammlung Julius Reich, Wien.
1922 Kunsthandlung C. J. Wawra, Wien
1939 Tausch mit Kunsthandlung Welz, Wien

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