Sale: 435 / Art of the 19th Century, Nov. 25. 2016 in Munich Lot 24

 

24
Josef Wenglein
Im Ampermoos, Um 1910.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 3,000 / $ 3,240
Sold:
€ 3,125 / $ 3,375

(incl. surcharge)
Im Ampermoos. Um 1910.
Oil on canvas.
Signed lower right. 113.5 x 158 cm (44.6 x 62.2 in).
Verso of stretcher with remains of a label from Galerie Heinemann, Munich, beginning on „12[..]“.
This work presumably is the painting "Im Amperschilf“ (Heinemann no. 12973), which the artist gave to the Galerie Heinemann on consignment in 1912, the gallery bought the work in 1916 and sold it to the Munich born opera singer Erich Hanfstaengel, Düsseldorf, in 1922. [CB].

PROVENANCE: Private ownership Hamburg (ca. since the 1960s)


The painters from the Munich Academy found their best motifs for their plein-air activities in the Munich surroundings. One of the most important representatives of this very productive movement was Josef Wenglein. His creation, which follows the style of 19th century landscape painting, is characterized by a great love for nature expressed in an atmosperic coloring and simple motifs. His art earned the Munich native a special rank within the group of painters. Wenglein did not have a self conception as a renewer of art, instead he was a refined keeper of a rich tradition.



24
Josef Wenglein
Im Ampermoos, Um 1910.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 3,000 / $ 3,240
Sold:
€ 3,125 / $ 3,375

(incl. surcharge)