Albin Egger-Lienz
(Stribach bei Lienz 1868–1926 St. Justina bei Bozen)
Zwei Schnitter (Two Reapers), c. 1922/1924, signed Egger Lienz, oil on cardboard, 66 x 58 cm, framed
Listed and illustrated:
Wilfried Kirschl, Albin Egger-Lienz. Das Gesamtwerk, Wien-München 1996, vol. II, p. 556, cat. rais. no. M 458, ill. p. 555
Provenance:
Kleine Galerie, Bozen, South Tyrol
Collection Othmar Moroder (1931–2024), St. Ulrich, South Tyrol
Private Collection, Tyrol
Private Collection, Austria (by descent from the above)
“I believe that for the deeper connoisseur, the dramatic trait, the concentration of thought, and the monumentality are also clearly apparent in my paintings, such as ‘Mowers’, ‘The Midday Meal’, and ‘Peasant taking Holy Water’.”
Albin Egger-Lienz
First documented in Egger-Lienz’s œuvre in 1913, the subject of the “Bergmäher” (Mountain Mowers) forms, together with “The Sower” and “The Midday Meal”, a trilogy of works centering on the struggle for one's daily bread. Following early reductions featuring one to three reapers, a decisive turn occurred in 1918: the artist logically embedded the figures within tall grain rather than a short grassland environment, resulting in a novel, expressive density in his painterly execution.
The series, continued after 1920 under the title “Schnitter” (Reapers), is characterised by a remarkable painterly freedom, of which the present painting provides an outstanding example. In a unique composition, Egger here supplements the wide-reaching protagonist with a smaller figure seen from behind in the lower right corner. The resulting counter-directional diagonals and the broad, rhythmic brushstrokes lend an enormous dynamism to the depicted labor. A further visual distinction is the rare use of colour, in which the contrasting blue of the sky imparts a powerful plasticity to the tonal nuances ranging from ochre to brown.
Specialist: Dr. Marianne Hussl-Hörmann
(Stribach bei Lienz 1868–1926 St. Justina bei Bozen)
Zwei Schnitter (Two Reapers), c. 1922/1924, signed Egger Lienz, oil on cardboard, 66 x 58 cm, framed
Listed and illustrated:
Wilfried Kirschl, Albin Egger-Lienz. Das Gesamtwerk, Wien-München 1996, vol. II, p. 556, cat. rais. no. M 458, ill. p. 555
Provenance:
Kleine Galerie, Bozen, South Tyrol
Collection Othmar Moroder (1931–2024), St. Ulrich, South Tyrol
Private Collection, Tyrol
Private Collection, Austria (by descent from the above)
“I believe that for the deeper connoisseur, the dramatic trait, the concentration of thought, and the monumentality are also clearly apparent in my paintings, such as ‘Mowers’, ‘The Midday Meal’, and ‘Peasant taking Holy Water’.”
Albin Egger-Lienz
First documented in Egger-Lienz’s œuvre in 1913, the subject of the “Bergmäher” (Mountain Mowers) forms, together with “The Sower” and “The Midday Meal”, a trilogy of works centering on the struggle for one's daily bread. Following early reductions featuring one to three reapers, a decisive turn occurred in 1918: the artist logically embedded the figures within tall grain rather than a short grassland environment, resulting in a novel, expressive density in his painterly execution.
The series, continued after 1920 under the title “Schnitter” (Reapers), is characterised by a remarkable painterly freedom, of which the present painting provides an outstanding example. In a unique composition, Egger here supplements the wide-reaching protagonist with a smaller figure seen from behind in the lower right corner. The resulting counter-directional diagonals and the broad, rhythmic brushstrokes lend an enormous dynamism to the depicted labor. A further visual distinction is the rare use of colour, in which the contrasting blue of the sky imparts a powerful plasticity to the tonal nuances ranging from ochre to brown.
Specialist: Dr. Marianne Hussl-Hörmann
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