Picture "Ducks at the Water Lily Pond", framed
Picture "Ducks at the Water Lily Pond", framed
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ars mundi Exclusive Edition | limited, 499 copies | reproduction, Giclée print on canvas | stretcher frame | gallery frame | size 60 x 38 cm
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Picture "Ducks at the Water Lily Pond", framed
Original privately owned. The oil painting was transferred directly onto artist canvas made of 100 % cotton using the Fine Art Giclée process for a brilliant, authentic reproduction and mounted on a stretcher frame. A high-quality solid wood gallery frame rounds off the sophisticated effect. Limited edition 499 copies. Stretcher frame size 52 x 30 cm. Framed size 60 x 38 cm. Exclusively at ars mundi.
About Alexander Koester
1864-1932
Alexander Koester's specialisation in the theme of ducks makes him one of the greatest animal painters in the history of art. In a late Impressionist manner, he virtuously reproduced reflecting water surfaces and duck plumage shimmering in light and shadow. This made him successful. In 1904, Koester was awarded a gold medal at the World's Fair in St. Louis, and he received another gold medal from Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria. Starting in 1908, the artist regularly visited Lake Constance to paint large expanses of water in all kinds of weather. Today, Koester's paintings are sought after by collectors from all over the world and constantly achieve new record sums at auctions.
Graphic or sculpture edition that was initiated by ars mundi and is available only at ars mundi or at distribution partners licensed by ars mundi.
Giclée = derived from the French verb gicler "to squirt, spurt".
The giclée method is a digital printing process. It is a high-resolution, large-format printout on an inkjet printer with special different-coloured dye- or pigment-based inks (usually six to twelve). The colours are fade-proof, i.e. resistant to harmful UV light. They have a high richness of nuance, contrast and saturation.
The giclée process is suitable for art canvases, handmade and watercolour paper as well as for silk.
An attitude that spread from literature and philosophy into the visual arts, established in about 1800 but failed to produce its own style in visual arts.
The art of Romanticism was determined by the content of the awareness of life and the sensations triggered by it. Inwardness and feelings, dream and fantasy, world and nature, the power of mythical and the striving towards infinity became central themes. The actual realm of Romanticism lies in painting and drawing. Landscape, in particular, came to the fore as a recurring theme: man and nature were set in relation to each other and moods were reflected. Alongside the new feeling for nature, there was a renewal of religious attitudes and a return to the past, tradition, history, old legends, fairy tales, as well as to the art of old masters and epochs. Especially in the case of Germany, this was strongly national-oriented art.
Main representatives in Germany include C.D. Friedrich, P.O. Runge, J.A. Koch, M. v. Schwind, and also the Nazarene group of artists. French Romanticism, which was characterised by other trends than the German, is represented mainly by the art of Delacroix.
Romanticism lasted until around 1830.