Lot no. 1534
Ferdinand Heilbuth
Das Konzert
Öl auf Leinwand. 110 x160 cm.
Signiert unten rechts: F. Heilbuth.
Provenienz
Ehemals Galerie Louis Bock & Sohn, Hamburg (verso Galerieetikett). - Deutsche Privatsammlung. - 674. Lempertz-Auktion, Köln, 12.12.1991, Los 578. - Süddeutsche Privatsammlung.
Ferdinand Heilbuth studierte in München und Antwerpen, bevor er sich in Paris niederließ, wo er anfangs in den Ateliers von Paul Delaroche und Charles Gleyre arbeitete. Studien- und Arbeitsaufenthalte führten ihn später nach Rom und London. Das Oeuvre Heilbuths lässt sich in zwei Schaffensperioden gliedern. Malte er zunächst in der Tradition der Alten Meister, was sowohl in der Darstellungsweise als auch in der Themenwahl zum Ausdruck kommt, wandte er sich ab den späten 60er Jahren der Freilichtmalerei zu, inspiriert durch die Begegnung und Freundschaft mit einigen führenden Vertretern des damals noch jungen Impressionismus, darunter Claude Monet, Edouard Manet und Edgar Degas. Sein Pinselduktus wurde lockerer, seine Palette heller, Landschaften nahmen einen größeren Anteil im Werk des Künstlers ein.
Die vorliegende Darstellung eines Konzerts in einem prunkvollen Palastinterieur entstand dagegen noch in der ersten Schaffensphase des Künstlers von ca. 1850 bis 1865. Im Zentrum der Komposition stehen ein Kardinal und seine weibliche Begleiterin, umringt von zahlreichen weiteren Mitgliedern seines Hofstaats, die den Klängen eines Sängers und mehrerer Instrumentalisten am linken Bildrand lauschen. Unser Gemälde lässt sich einer Reihe weiterer historischer Genreszenen angliedern, mit denen Heilbuth auf den Pariser Salonausstellungen der 50er Jahre reüssierte und mehrere Medaillen gewann, darunter "Empfang bei Rubens" (1853) und "Luca Signorelli vor der Leiche seines erschlagenen Sohnes" (1859, heute Kunsthalle Hamburg). Bezeichnend sind die glatte Malweise und das von dunklen Tönen dominierte Kolorit, aus dem die hellen Farbtöne der kostbaren Gewänder umso effektvoller hervorstrahlen.
Ferdinand Heilbuth
The Concert
Oil on canvas. 110 x 160 cm.
Signed lower right: F. Heilbuth.
Provenance
Former Galerie Louis Bock & Sohn, Hamburg (gallery label to the reverse). - German private ownership. - Lempertz auction 674, Cologne, 12.12.1991, lot 578. - South German private collection.
Ferdinand Heilbuth studied in Munich and Antwerp before settling in Paris where he worked in the studios of Paul Delaroche and Charles Gleyre. He continued his studies during sojourns to Rome and London. Heilbuth's oeuvre can be divided into two phases. In the first phase he painted in the manner of the Old Masters, following them in both motif and style, in the late 1860s he began experimenting with plein air painting, inspired by his acquaintance and friendship with leading members of the young Impressionist movement, including Claude Monet, Edouard Manet, and Edgar Degas. His brushwork became looser, his colours lighter, and landscapes took on a more prominent role within his oeuvre.
This depiction of a concert in a palace is a product of the artist's earlier phase, which lasted from around 1850 to 1865. It shows a Cardinal and his female companion surrounded by members of his courtly retinue listening to a singer and musicians in the left edge of the painting. The work can be compared to a number of historical genre scenes which Heilbuth exhibited at the Paris Salons of the 1850s and for which he garnered several medals, including “Audience with Rubens” (1853) or “Luca Signorelli with the Body of his Dead Son” (1859, today in the Kunsthalle Hamburg). These works are characterized by their dark colour palette which contrasts with the brighter tones of the figures' clothing, and the smoothly painted surface.
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Drawings, watercolours and pastels
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