Fürstenbrunn Mill
Emil Jakob Schindler (1842 - 1892)
Framesize 45.00 x 54.00 x 5.50 cm
The "Fürstenbrunn Mill" is only one of many water-mills that Schindler depicted over the years. This painting may have been made on walking tour with his teacher. A hill rises above the mill and a house; the blurring of the buildings and the cursory elaboration of the sunlit natural surroundings give the painting the air of a sketch. Schindler’s typical shades of brown, green and grey achieve a high atmospheric density. This small painting is a fine example of the artist’s view of nature in the early years of his career.
Fürstenbrunn, at the foot of the Untersberg, has many headwaters which can be used to drive mills. Near the present Untersberg Museum, the Kühbach joins the Brunnbach to form the Glan which, as Glankanal and Altglan, flows into the Salzach just below the Traklsteg (footbridge) south-west of the Saalachspitz.
Habersatter Thomas: Emil Jakob Schindler, Fürstenbrunn Mill. In: Ducke Astrid, Habersatter Thomas (Hg.): Stadt - Land - Berg. Salzburg und seine Umgebung. Town - Landscape - Mountain. Salzburg and surroundings. Residenzgalerie Salzburg. Salzburg 2022, p. 94, illus. p. 95
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