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Cuno Amiet Selbstbildnis (Selbstporträt vor Bergkette) Öl auf Leinwand. 100 x 73 cm. Gerahmt. Unten rechts weiß monogrammiert und datiert 'CA 32'. - Sehr gut erhalten. Müller/Radlach 1932.04 (SIK-ISEA Inv. Nr. 80657) Provenienz Vom Vorbesitzer direkt beim Künstler erworben, Sammlung Eugen Loeb, Bern; Privatsammlung Ausstellungen Biel 2001 (CentrePasquArt), Collection Loeb, Kat. Nr. 22 mit ganzseitiger Farbabb. Das Selbstbildnis zeigt den zu Beginn der 1930er Jahre längst arrivierten und international anerkannten Schweizer Maler Cuno Amiet das Bildformat füllend in halber Figur vor dem Thuner See und der Stockhorn-Bergkette im Hintergrund - ein durch seinen einst engen Freund Ferdinand Hodler sehr bekannt gewordenes Panorama. Selbstbewusst die Haltung, hat sich Amiet scheinbar nur kurz von der Staffelei ab- und dem Betrachter zugewandt und blickt diesen prüfend an, die linke Arbeitshand leicht gesenkt. In leuchtenden, teils nicht lokalen Farben sind Inkarnat, Haar und Kleidung gegeben und verstärken den Eindruck warmer, ja sommerlicher Atmosphäre. Des Malers Kleidung ist zwar förmlich, aber offenbar auch ob des warmen Wetters aufgeknöpft, die Krawatte lässig gelockert, und sie passt sich farblich in die Landschaft ein. Die sportive, modisch gestreifte Clubkrawatte, möglicherweise eine Reminiszenz an den Wassersport, korrespondiert inhaltlich zum hellen Ruderboot im vorderen rechten Mittelgrund. Ohne die Krawatte drohten Seefläche und Gebirge im warmen Dunst zu verschwinden - sie verleiht dem Motiv gleichsam Stand und steigert die Bildwirkung, in der die Atmosphäre eines herrlichen Sommertages in dieser wunderschönen Berglandschaft wiedergegeben ist. Das Selbstbildnis entsteht zu einer Zeit, in der der Künstler sich mit dem Schweizer Sammler und Mäzen Eugen Loeb befreundet. Loeb ist besonders an Künstlerselbstbildnissen interessiert, und in diesem Umfeld ist wohl auch die Entstehung des hier angebotenen Gemäldes zu sehen. Cuno Amiet berät Eugen Loeb bei seinen Kunstkäufen, die Freunde verbringen Zeit gemeinsam mit ihren Familien. 1934 fahren sie zusammen nach Venedig, wo der Maler seinen Freund und Mäzen Loeb vor Palladio porträtiert (s. Vergleichsabb.). Ihre Briefe - immer einander respektvoll siezend - zeugen von persönlicher Verbundenheit und großer menschlicher Nähe und sind auf Seiten Amiets im erfrischenden seigneural selbstbewussten Ton verfasst, voll surrealen Humors (s. dazu Ausst. Kat. Biel 2001, op.cit., S. 14 ff.). Cuno Amiet Selbstbildnis (Selbstporträt vor Bergkette) Oil on canvas. 100 x 73 cm. Framed. Monogrammed and dated 'CA 32' in white lower right. - In fine condition. Müller/Radlach 1932.04 (SIK-ISEA inv. no. 80657) Provenance Acquired directly from the artist by the former owner, Eugen Loeb collection, Bern; Private possession Exhibitions Biel 2001 (CentrePasquArt), Collection Loeb, cat. no. 22 with full-page colour illus. This self-portrait shows the Swiss painter Cuno Amiet, who had long since established himself and gained international recognition by the early 1930s: the half-length portrait fills the canvas, with Lake Thun and the Stockhorn ridge in the background - a panorama made very famous by Ferdinand Hodler, who had once been his close friend. In a confident pose Amiet seems to have only briefly turned away from the easel and towards his viewers. He peers at them, having slightly lowered the left hand with which he worked. The flesh tones, hair and clothing are depicted in luminous, sometimes non-local colours and enhance the impression of a warm or even summery atmosphere. While the painter is dressed formally his jacket is also unbuttoned, apparently because of the warm weather; his tie has been loosened casually, and its colours are adapted to the landscape. The sporty, fashionably striped club tie could be a reminiscence of water sports, and it corresponds thematically to the light rowing boat at the front right of the middle ground. Without the tie, the lake's surface and mountains would be at risk of disappearing within the warm haze: it simultaneously invests the motif with solidity and intensifies the pictorial effect which records the atmosphere of a glorious summer day in this beautiful mountainous landscape. This self-portrait was created at a time when the artist was becoming friends with the Swiss collector and patron Eugen Loeb. Loeb was particularly interested in artists' self-portraits, and the creation of the painting offered here is presumably also to be seen in this context. Cuno Amiet advised Eugen Loeb regarding his purchases of art and the friends spent time with each other, along with their families. In 1934 they journeyed to Venice together, where the painter made a portrait of his friend and patron Loeb in front of Palladio (see comparative illus.). Their letters - in which they always respectfully address one another with the formal pronoun “Sie” - testify to their private attachment and great personal closeness. Those by Amiet are also composed in a refreshing, seigneural self-assured tone, full of surreal humour (see exhib. cat. Biel 2001, op. cit., pp. 14 ff.).
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