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Rinaldo and Armida
Date1923

Artist Alfred Wickenburg (1885 Bad Gleichenberg – 1978 Graz)

ULAN

Object typePainting
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions
110,5 x 159,5 cm
SignatureMonogr. rechts unten: AW
Inventory numberLg 768
Location Upper Belvedere
Credit LineArtothek des Bundes, Dauerleihgabe im Belvedere, Wien
The subject of Alfred Wickenburg’s painting is a scene from the 1574 Italian epic poem Jerusalem Delivered in which the Saracen sorceress Armida falls in love with the Christian knight Rinaldo. The painter translates this encounter into a geometric, cubic visual language defined by diagonals and rhombuses, precise contours, and vibrant colors. The composition thus reveals strong similarities with Czech Cubism. Above all, it reflects Wickenburg’s exact knowledge of Adolf Hölzel’s theories and the particular significance of the Golden Section as a design principle.

Provenance
Exhibitions

Friederike Wickenburg, Graz.
1976 Ankauf Artothek des Bundes
1977 Dauerleihgabe Artothek des Bundes

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