Still Life with Roses
Still Life with Roses
um 1870/72
Oil/canvas
Picture size 137.00 x 75.00 cm
Framesize 144.50 x 82.50 x 6.50 cm
Framesize 144.50 x 82.50 x 6.50 cm
Hans Makart (bez. r. u.)
386
Currently not in the exhibition
Austria 19th century
© Residenzgalerie Salzburg, Illustration Fotostudio Ulrich Ghezzi, Oberalm
Makart uses a special pigment for this work: asphalt (bitumen), a residual material from refining crude oil. Partly soluble in oil-binding agents, it often causes colours to darken. Excessive use of this pigment leads to severe damage in a painting, and this brought the artist much criticism. He applied the paint alla prima, i.e. directly, without underpainting or glaze, on a gold ground. Dark pigment, white blooms and gold ground form a decorative contrast in this arrangement of a variety of flowers, twigs and fruit. The wilting impression may represent the decadence of the time.
DUCKE Astrid: Makart Hans, Still Life with Roses, object description for the exhibition "Masterworks. Residenzgalerie Salzburg" (23.2.-3.7.2022)
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