Stillleben mit Äpfeln
Still Life with Apples
Kunstpalast - LVR-ZMB, Annette Hiller- ARTOTHEK

Still Life with Apples, 1889

ArtistCarl Schuch, Wien 1846–1903 Wien
Oil on canvas
Dimensions without frame66,2 × 81,6 cm
Dimensions with frame81,5 × 97 × 5,5 cm
Status
not on display
About the workAt the age of around 30, the Austrian landscape painter Carl Schuch turned to still lifes. From that point onwards, he would never let go of this pictorial format. The artist frequently depicted apples on white tablecloths. He was interested in questions of composition, colour and painting technique. Schuch chose an occasionally sketchy style of painting that made him a forerunner of modernism. The lower third of the image in particular demonstrates the extent to which he broke away from the faithful reproduction of reality.
AccessionAcquisition 1938
Provenance[...]; mind. 1912 Karl Hagemeister; 28.9. - 31.10.1912 ausgestellt bei Galerie Eduard Schulte, Berlin (Kat. Nr. 47; Besitzer: Karl Hagemeister, gekennzeichnet als unverkäuflich); [...]; mind. 14.11.1930 Versteigerung bei Paul Cassirer und Hugo Helbing, Berlin, Nr. 86 m. Abb., eingeliefert von Else Aufricht, Breslau, im Nachverkauf verkauft (Käufer unbekannt); [...]; mind. ab 29.11.1937 Gemälde-Galerie Carl Nicolai, Berlin; 7.7.1938 angekauft von der Kunsthandlung Carl Nicolai, Berlin
Inventory numberM 4527
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