Lot no. 5
Albin Egger-Lienz (Stribach near Lienz 1868-1926St. Justina near Bolzano) Head of the first farmer from the painting "Totentanz", signed Egger-Lienz, on the reverse inscription: "Aus Totentanz 1809", pencil, water colour, with opaque white on paper on cardboard, 29 x 35 cm, framed ÛKÛ
See:
Wilfried Kirschl, Albin Egger-Lienz, Das Gesamtwerk, vol. I, Christian Brandstätter Verlag, 1996, p. 120–131 (amongst others about the version and variants of “Totentanz” 1906–1921)
Compare:
Vol. II, M 223/1 and Z476
Provenance:
Private collection, Lower Austria
Die gleichmäßige rotbraune Farbe bei den Bildern „Totentanz“, [„Sämann und] Teufel“, „Haspinger“ ist, abgesehen davon, dass ich vielleicht diese Farbe gerne habe, wohl berechnet, sie fördert in ihrem herben, harten, brandigen Charakter die monumentale Wirkung, den großen Eindruck (besonders beim „Totentanz“ und „Haspinger“) des Krieges,
Viel trägt zum Eindruck meiner Bilder die Technik bei, sowie aus ihr heraus sogar der Gedanke kommen kann. Die Wasserfarbentechnik (Fresko, Casein, wie meine großen Bilder gemalt sind) bedingt eine ganz andere, ins Große gehende Art zu zeichnen wie zum Komponieren (wenn man’s so heißen kann) als die Öltechnik.
Egger-Lienz aus einem Brief an Heinrich Hammer vom 5.9.1909 – aus Band I der angeführten Literatur
The even reddish-brown colour in the paintings “Totentanz”, “[Sämann und] Teufel”, “Haspinger” is, apart from the fact that I might like this colour, carefully calculated, as it promotes in its harsh, hard, rusty character the monumental effect, the big impression (especially in the “Totentanz” and “Haspinger”) of the war.
The technique contributes a lot to the impression my pictures give, as well as the concept from which it can come. The watercolour technique (fresco, casein, how my large pictures are painted) requires a completely different, large-scale way of drawing, like composing (if you can call it that), than the oil technique.
Egger-Lienz in a letter to Heinrich Hammer dated 5.9.1909 – from volume I of the cited literature:
Pictures credits: Contact organization
Drawings, watercolours and pastels
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