Egon Schiele
(Tulln 1890–1918 Vienna)
“Häuser vor Weinbergterrassen” (Landscape with Houses), signed and dated EGON SCHIELE 1912, watercolor and black crayon on paper, 31.1 x 46.4 cm
Listed and illustrated:
Jane Kallir, Egon Schiele. The complete works, New York 1990, cat. rais. no. D 1217, ill. p. 489
Provenance:
Private Collection, Austria
Exhibition:
Los Angeles, Landau Gallery, “Modern Masters, Watercolors and Drawings”, 30 March – 25 April, 1970, exh. cat. no. 66, ill.
London, Fischer Fine Art, “Egon Schiele: Oils, Watercolors, Drawings and Graphik Work”, November – December 1972, exh. cat. no. 38, ill.
Watercolor, applied in soft, limpid pools, remains the chief coloring medium of Egon Schiele in 1912. It is the year when he was imprisoned in April but was also on subsequent travels to Trieste in May, Lake Constance (Bodensee) in August and Györ in December (cf. Kallir, 1990, p. 308). Similar to the oil landscapes the horizontal tendency is evident in this delicate watercolor portrait of houses, obviously a quick sketch, taken out of an impulse.
The german title hints at the possible topographical location: “Houses in front of vineyard terraces” is reminiscent of the views of the small town Stein an der Donau in the Wachau, captured by Schiele in several oil paintings in 1913. The church tower is omitted in the watercolor study, as the artist was more interested in the rhythmic arrangement of the three house façades with their different window surrounds and the roofscape behind.
The appeal of this sheet lies precisely in its incompleteness; it is a sketch that allows the viewer to trace the painter's evolving ideas and images.
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(Tulln 1890–1918 Vienna)
“Häuser vor Weinbergterrassen” (Landscape with Houses), signed and dated EGON SCHIELE 1912, watercolor and black crayon on paper, 31.1 x 46.4 cm
Listed and illustrated:
Jane Kallir, Egon Schiele. The complete works, New York 1990, cat. rais. no. D 1217, ill. p. 489
Provenance:
Private Collection, Austria
Exhibition:
Los Angeles, Landau Gallery, “Modern Masters, Watercolors and Drawings”, 30 March – 25 April, 1970, exh. cat. no. 66, ill.
London, Fischer Fine Art, “Egon Schiele: Oils, Watercolors, Drawings and Graphik Work”, November – December 1972, exh. cat. no. 38, ill.
Watercolor, applied in soft, limpid pools, remains the chief coloring medium of Egon Schiele in 1912. It is the year when he was imprisoned in April but was also on subsequent travels to Trieste in May, Lake Constance (Bodensee) in August and Györ in December (cf. Kallir, 1990, p. 308). Similar to the oil landscapes the horizontal tendency is evident in this delicate watercolor portrait of houses, obviously a quick sketch, taken out of an impulse.
The german title hints at the possible topographical location: “Houses in front of vineyard terraces” is reminiscent of the views of the small town Stein an der Donau in the Wachau, captured by Schiele in several oil paintings in 1913. The church tower is omitted in the watercolor study, as the artist was more interested in the rhythmic arrangement of the three house façades with their different window surrounds and the roofscape behind.
The appeal of this sheet lies precisely in its incompleteness; it is a sketch that allows the viewer to trace the painter's evolving ideas and images.
