Picture "Murnau" (1908), black and golden framed version New
Picture "Murnau" (1908), black and golden framed version New
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ars mundi Exclusive Edition | limited, 980 copies | numbered | certificate | Giclée facsimile on Hahnemühle handmade watercolour paper framed | passe-partout | glazed | size 50 x 57 cm (h/w)
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Picture "Murnau" (1908), black and golden framed version
Wassily Kandinsky drew inspiration for numerous works from the region of the Bavarian Alpine foothills. In 1908, he painted this brightly coloured street scene in Murnau. The painting documents a radical reorientation in his painting style. With its broad brushstrokes, contrasting and radiant colours, and a reduced depiction of the picture's subjects, this painting already exhibits the characteristic features of Expressionism. This work is among Kandinsky's most sought-after pieces. The original was auctioned in 2023 for around 4 million euros.
Original: 1908, oil on cardboard, 32.9 x 40.5 cm, privately owned.
This edition as a Giclée facsimile on Hahnemühle genuine handmade watercolour paper Fine Art textured matt white 210g/sqm guarantees a special colour saturation and is absolutely lightfast. Limited edition of 980 copies, numbered, with certificate. Motif size 33 x 40.5 cm (h/w). Sheet size 43 x 50.5 cm (h/w). Framed in a black and golden solid wood frame with passe-partout, glazed. Size 50 x 57 cm (h/w). ars mundi Exclusive Edition. © Ketterer Kunst GmbH and Co KG.
About Wassily Kandinsky
1866-1944, abstract expressionist, co-founder of the artists' group "Der Blaue Reiter".
Like no other, Kandinsky wrote the "alphabet of 20th-century art". Through his abstract painting, he was able to convey the original power of colour and composition without being distracted by the depiction of objects. In his view, the mystery of LIFE could only be captured and represented through the abstract collision of colour and graphic form.
Wassily Kandinsky was born in Moscow in 1866 and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France in 1944. Despite his success as an economist and doctor of law he decided to pursue an artistic career and attend art school in Munich in 1896. In 1901, Kadinsky founded an art school called "Phalanx", where he met Gabriele Münter, who later became his companion during his years in Munich. Numerous journeys through Europe and to Tunis and the various impressions he gained while travelling shaped his pictorial expression. Gabriele Münter bought a house in Murnau in 1909, which allowed the couple to spend a longer period of time in the mountain town and Munich.
Kandinsky's early Munich paintings were influenced by Art Nouveau and Russian folk art, whose fairy-tale themes lingered in his works for a long time. The reverse glass paintings by the co-founder of the "Neue Künstlervereinigung München" of 1909 and the "Blaue Reiter" of 1911 reflect his impressions of the folk Bavarian art tradition.
During the First World War, the Russian returned to Moscow. Back in Germany in 1922, he played a decisive role working and teaching at the Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau. In the end, however, Kandinsky was drawn to Paris where he remained until his death in 1944. From 1933, he lived in the metropolis on the Seine with his wife, whom he had married in Russia.
His encounter with the Russian Constructivists left its mark on Kandinsky's work which can be seen in the geometrisation and lines that are in dynamic tension with each other. In his theoretical writings on art, he expounded the fundamental theory of harmony in abstract art.
The viewer not only discovers the close connection between music and painting through his paintings, but it is also underlined by the composer Kandinsky: "Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul..."
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Artistic movement that replaced Impressionism in the early 20th century.
Expressionism is the German form of the art revolution in painting, graphic art and sculpture, which found its precursor in the works of Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin in the late 19th century. The Expressionists attempted to advance to the primal elements of painting. With vibrant, unbroken colours in large areas and with the emphasis on the line and the resulting targeted suggestive expressiveness, they fought against the artistic taste established by the bourgeoisie.
The most important representatives of Expressionism were the founders of "Die Brücke" (The Bridge): Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Max Pechstein, Otto Mueller and Franz Marc, August Macke and others.
Masters of Viennese Expressionism are Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka. Among the sculptors, Ernst Barlach is the most famous.
Fauvism is the French form of Expressionism.
Latin: "to make alike".
Largely faithful reproduction of an original document, e.g. old manuscripts and codices. (Facsimile edition).
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.