Antonín Chittussi (1847 - 1891) LANDSCAPE WITH A TREE

1883
Oil on canvas on cardboard
31,5 x 48 cm (h x w)
Signed: Lower right "Chittussi"

Antonín Chittussi is recognized as a leading Czech landscape painter of the last third of the 19th century, valued mainly for his work from the period after 1878 and during his time in France. During his studies, Antonín Chittussi concentrated on the already recognized Barbizon masters. Their basic characteristic was to describe the landscape with a convincing but free poetic presentation, capture its mood and apply their feelings. The color palette is made with large colored spots of layered paste, applied with a wider brush. This is a very high quality work, high artistic level, where Chittussi's synthesis of the landscape section reached its culminating peak. The work is accompanied by an opinion by Prof. PhDr. Roman Prahl CSc. and expert opinion Mrg. Vlastimil Tetiva.