View of Manhattan (East River) – Works – Sammlung Online

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The image features an abstract representation of an urban landscape with numerous skyscrapers. In the foreground, architectural elements such as bridges and towers are visible. Some buildings are characterized by strict lines and geometric shapes. The composition appears dynamic and lively, with curved, heavy brushstrokes. There are also elements that resemble people or figures, but they are not clearly identifiable.

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View of Manhattan (East River)
Date1935–1938

Artist Wilhelm Thöny (1888 Graz – 1949 New York)

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Object typePainting
MediumOil on cardboard
Dimensions
56 × 78,2 cm
SignatureSign. links oben: Thöny
Inventory number4624
Location Upper Belvedere
Wilhelm Thöny studied at the academy in Munich and returned in 1923 to Graz, where he co-founded the Graz Secession. In 1931 he moved with his Jewish wife Thea Herrmann-Trautner to Paris and they started traveling extensively. He was particularly fascinated by large cities. After a first visit in 1933 to New York, which featured in his paintings thereafter, the couple planned a longer stay in 1938 but ended up settling there permanently on account of the war. Thöny organized numerous exhibitions in the USA but at the same time remained largely isolated from the New York art scene. Several hundred works, the majority of his œuvre, were destroyed in a warehouse fire in March 1948.

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1951 Ankauf Knoedler Gallery, New York

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