Sale: 484 / Art of the 19th Century, May 24. 2019 in Munich Lot 93

 

93
Albert Wenk
Felsenküste auf Capri, 1914.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 2,000 / $ 2,140
Sold:
€ 2,500 / $ 2,675

(incl. surcharge)
Felsenküste auf Capri. 1914.
Oil on canvas.
Signed, dated and inscribed "München" in lower right. 124.8 x 117.6 cm (49.1 x 46.2 in).

PROVENANCE: Collection Rudolf Ruff, Bühl (acquired directly from the artist).
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (inherited from aforementioned).

"His pictures are painted hymns to nature and all its miracles. He paints the sea in its raging anger and its chaste peacefulness. He adds a soul to the sea. Once one of these masterpieces have caught your eye you will forget everything around you for a while and entirely sink into the marvelous splendor of these deserted coasts and their rolling waves.“
(quote from an art critic in 'Altonaer Nachrichten' 1912, in: Dr. Marco Müller, Albert Wenk (1863-1934), Petersberg 2015, p. 5)




93
Albert Wenk
Felsenküste auf Capri, 1914.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 2,000 / $ 2,140
Sold:
€ 2,500 / $ 2,675

(incl. surcharge)