Lot no. 1377
Franz Seraph von Lenbach
Portrait der Marion Lenbach
Öl auf Karton (parkettiert). 73 x 92 cm.
Signiert und datiert unten rechts: F. Lenbach 1899.
Provenienz
Westdeutsche Privatsammlung.
Lenbach war ein stolzer und begeisterter Vater. Immer wieder malte er Bilder seiner Tochter Marion. Als sich Franz und Magdalena Lenbach 1896 eivernehmlich scheiden lassen, bleibt Marion bei ihrem Vater. Gerade einmal sieben Jahre alt ist Marion Lenbach auf diesem Portrait ihres Vaters. Mit aufwendigem Kopfschmuck auf ihrem hellblonden Haar und festlicher Kleidung blickt sie konzentriert in Richtung des Betrachters. Man glaubt, ihre Modell-Routine und ihre Reife in diesem Portrait zu erkennen.
Die pastellfarbenen, schwungvoll ausgearbeiteten Partien des Kopfes mit dem Haarschmuck sowie der Seidenschlaufe um ihren Hals treten in besonderer Weise aus dem sonst kräftigen und schweren Kolorit des Portraits hervor. Lenbach nutzt, wie bei vielen seiner Werke, die braune Farbigkeit des Maluntergrundes, des Kartons, indem er partiell auf eine deckende Grundierung verzichtet, um beispielsweise das Inkarnat an diesen Stellen lediglich mit leichtem Farbauftrag zu höhen. Mithilfe dieser Technik erhält Marions kindliches Gesicht einen porzellanartigen Teint. Das Durchscheinen des Malkartons innerhalb des Kopfschmucks erreicht mit nur wenigen Pinselstrichen in den Farben Türkis, Weiß und Braun - teils pastos, teils lasierend oder verwischt aufgetragen - eine ganz besondere Wirkung. Die teils sichtbare Bleistiftunterzeichnung findet sich bei sehr vielen Werken Lenbachs, welche auf Karton gemalt sind. Wie bei vielen seiner Portraits, überzeugt auch unser Gemälde durch seine raffinierte Malweise und fast geisterhafte Anmutung der Dargestellten.
Franz Seraph von Lenbach
Portrait of Marion Lenbach
Oil on card (parquetted). 73 x 92 cm.
Signed and dated lower right: F. Lenbach 1899.
Provenance
Private collection, West Germany.
Lenbach was a proud father. He painted numerous portraits of his daughter Marion, and the girl remained with her father following Franz and Magdalena Lenbach's amicable divorce in 1896. Marion Lenbach was just seven years old when she was portrayed in this work. She wears an opulent ribbon head dress, which partially covers her pale blonde hair, and a smart dress. She looks out towards the observer with a focussed gaze. One can almost sense her comparative maturity in the work, and how accustomed she was to her role as model.
The pastel colours of the dynamically painted headdress, its ornaments, and the silk scarf around her neck contrast starkly against the otherwise dark and sombre palette of the composition. As in many of his works, Lenbach utilises the brown colour of the support, in this case card, to intensify and brighten areas of the composition by partially dispensing with an opaque ground, for example here in some areas of the skin. This technique gives Marion's childlike features the appearance of porcelain. He uses this same technique in the hair ribbons, applying paint in turquoise, white, and brown in glazed layers, pastose daubs, and smudged areas, to create a highly unusual effect. The partially visible pencil drawing is typical of Lenbach's works on card. Like so many of his portraits, this work is characterised by the refined and almost ghost-like depiction of its sitter.
Pictures credits: Contact organization
Drawings, watercolours and pastels
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