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Gustav Klimt, Forsthaus in Weißenbach I (Landhaus am Attersee), 1914, Öl auf Leinwand, Vitrine:…

Belvedere, Oberes Belvedere, 1. Obergeschoß (Ost), Raum NO3
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Forsthaus in Weißenbach I (Landhaus am Attersee)
Date1914

Künstler*in Gustav Klimt (1862 Wien – 1918 Wien)

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Object typeGemälde
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions
110 × 110 cm
SignatureSigniert links unten: GUSTAV KLIMT
Inventory numberLg 1889
Locations Belvedere, Oberes Belvedere, 1. Obergeschoß (Ost), Raum NO3
Credit Line2018 Leihgabe einer Privatsammlung
Klimt spent the summer of 1914 at this forester’s lodge situated at the southern end of the lake Attersee in Upper Austria. He captured his holiday home in two paintings. In this work, the tapestry of painted dabs dissolves the different objects into something immaterial. Two dark bushes frame the composition at the edges. The flowers, in all their vibrant splendor, convey Klimt’s passion for all that bloomed. In the last years of his life, he became particularly receptive to nature’s sensory appeal. He painted landscapes without people in which time seems to stand still. They are images of an earthly paradise in an eternal summer. The forester’s lodge still exists today.

Provenance

Sammlung Jenny Steiner, Wien.
1940 Dorotheum, Wien.
zumindest ab 1963 Emma Danziger, Wien.
1994 Legat an Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Wien.
2001 Rückgabe an die Erb_innen nach Jenny Steiner und Austragung aus dem Inventar.
2003 Sotheby's, New York
2018 Dauerleihgabe Privatbesitz

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