Aloys Zötl
Aloys Zötl,
1803 Freistadt/ Upper Austria - 1887 Eferding
DREI STUDIES OF INSECTS AND SMALLER
DRAWING, watercolour/ gouache on paper.
Two studies 15,5 x 24 cm, one 16 x 24,5 cm.
Two studies signed "A. Zötl. fecit" in the lower right and one study monogrammed "A. Z. fecit" in the lower right.
Each framed behind glass. Twice 22 x 31 cm, once 22.5 x 31.5 cm.
The first leaf shows a study with branch, two pomegranates, two moths and a snail, the second leaf shows a salamander, two flies and four snail shells, and the third leaf shows a branch of borage with blue flowers, a dragonfly, moths and beetles. Finely detailed depictions. Leaves partly unfresh.
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The artist Aloys Zötl began as a master dyer, but devoted himself to the creation of an encyclopaedic bestiary of fantastic animal watercolours. His work was rediscovered decades after his death and was described by André Breton (1896-1966) as the most magnificent animal book the world had ever seen. Along with Henri Rousseau (1844-1910), Zötl was included by Breton in the list of "surrealists avant la lettre". This makes Zötl the only officially recognized surrealist that Austria has produced. (1240353) (18) Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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Aloys Zötl,
1803 Freistadt/ Upper Austria - 1887 Eferding
DREI STUDIES OF INSECTS AND SMALLER
DRAWING, watercolour/ gouache on paper.
Two studies 15,5 x 24 cm, one 16 x 24,5 cm.
Two studies signed "A. Zötl. fecit" in the lower right and one study monogrammed "A. Z. fecit" in the lower right.
Each framed behind glass. Twice 22 x 31 cm, once 22.5 x 31.5 cm.
The first leaf shows a study with branch, two pomegranates, two moths and a snail, the second leaf shows a salamander, two flies and four snail shells, and the third leaf shows a branch of borage with blue flowers, a dragonfly, moths and beetles. Finely detailed depictions. Leaves partly unfresh.
Remark:
The artist Aloys Zötl began as a master dyer, but devoted himself to the creation of an encyclopaedic bestiary of fantastic animal watercolours. His work was rediscovered decades after his death and was described by André Breton (1896-1966) as the most magnificent animal book the world had ever seen. Along with Henri Rousseau (1844-1910), Zötl was included by Breton in the list of "surrealists avant la lettre". This makes Zötl the only officially recognized surrealist that Austria has produced. (1240353) (18) Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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