White Poplars

Artist Adolf Hölzel (1853 Olmütz/ Olomouc – 1934 Stuttgart)

Object typePainting
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions
68 x 84,4 cm
SignatureSign. links unten: A. HOELZEL; bez. rechts unten: DACHAU 1900
Inventory number433g
Location Currently not on display
Two mighty poplars extend to the picture’s edges and define the composition: Adolf Holzel presents a textbook painting for his theory of balanced design—he formalizes landscape. Holzel studied painting in Vienna and Munich from 1872 to 1882. In 1887 he settled in Dachau near Munich and established a flourishing painting school. Students included German Expressionist Emil Nolde and Austrian artist Emilie Mediz-Pelikan. Holzel was a close friend of Viennese painter Carl Moll and a founding member of the Vienna Secession in 1897. He is seen as an important pioneer of abstract art.

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