Horseman before sunset
Details
Literatur:
Marie Lødrup Bang, Johan Christian Dahl. 1788-1857. Life and Works, Oslo 1987, Vol. 2, S. 157, Kat.-Nr. 449.
Ausstellung:
Ein Jahrhundert romantische Malerei von Martin v. Rohden (1778-1868) bis Louis Kolitz (1845-1914), Städtische Kunstsammlungen, Kassel 1952, Kat.-Nr. 27;
Klassizismus und Romantik in Deutschland. Gemälde aus der Sammlung Georg Schäfer, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg 1966, S. 68, Kat.-Nr. 28, Farbtafel 28;
Carl Gustav Carus und die zeitgenössische Dresdner Landschaftsmalerei. Gemälde aus der Sammlung Georg Schäfer, Altes Rathaus, Schweinfurt 1970, S. 38, Kat.-Nr. 21, mit Abb.
Provenienz:
Benoni Friedländer, Berlin;
Dr. Dr. Wilharn, Kassel, 1952, auf Rahmenrückseite beschriftet;
Neumeister & Gräf, München, Auktion, 5.11.1955;
Sammlung Georg Schäfer, Schweinfurt (Inv.-Nr. 1946), verso mit Etikett;
Privatsammlung, Süddeutschland.
Description
When Dahl came to Dresden in 1818, his free, naturalistic oil studies caused quite a stir. In Italy, where he travelled for ten months in 1820/21 at the invitation of the Danish Crown Prince Christian Frederick, he developed an even more direct style of painting. In this small, clearly structured composition, he depicts a single figure, a rider on horseback, surrounded by peaceful, contemplative nature in the spirit of Romanticism. As he crosses a mountain pass, the evening sky, probably painted en plein air on the canvas by Dahl, is already turning a pinkish-yellow colour.
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