Schlossallee in Grafenberg, 1906

ArtistJulius Bretz, Wiesbaden 1870–1953 Bad Honnef

Tempera on canvas

Dimensions without frame100 × 130 cm

Dimensions with frame125 × 153,7 × 8,4 cm

Status

on display, room 018.1

About the workIn this painting, Julius Bretz staggered different sections of a landscape behind each other – in the middle ground is the avenue leading to Rolandsburg, a restaurant destination in Grafenberg, Düsseldorf. The motif almost seems abstract due to the limited range of colours and the distinctive areas of light and shadow. In 1909, Bretz co-founded the Sonderbund artists’ association in Düsseldorf. He presented "Schlossallee" under the title "Abend" (Evening) at the Sonderbund exhibition in Cologne in 1912, which was internationally influential in promoting the avant-gardes of the early twentieth-century.

AccessionAcquisition 1919

ProvenanceBis spätestens 1912 Julius Bretz, Düsseldorf; [...]; 1919 angekauft von der Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Düsseldorf

Inventory numberM 5159

Contact

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