Lot no. 1528
Johann Wilhelm Schirmer
Weg am Waldesrand
Öl auf Leinwand (doubliert). 117 x 158 cm.
Signiert und datiert unten Mitte: J. W. Schirmer. 1850..
Provenienz
Norddeutscher Privatbesitz.
Auf Schirmers systematischen Erkundungsreisen zwischen Ahr, Rhein, Mosel und Main sowie späteren Reisen nach Italien, Frankreich, Holland und in die Schweiz entdeckt er für seine Landschaftsgemälde immer neue Themenbereiche. Sein unermüdlicher Drang, sein Wissen und sein Auge durch sorgfältige Naturstudien zu schulen sowie Besonderheiten in der geologischen Struktur verschiedener Landschaften kennenzulernen, befeuern seinen schöpferischen Geist und treiben ihn zu einer außerordentlichen Vielfalt an Zeichnungen und Gemälden an. Die Ehrfurcht vor der Natur stellt den Ausgangspunkt seiner malerischen Tätigkeit dar. Seine romantisierenden, stimmungsvollen Landschaftsgemälde setzt er häufig aus Versatzstücken seiner unzähligen Skizzen und Studien zusammen. Bestimmte Motive varriiert er dabei immer wieder.
Einige von Schirmers Werken, wie auch das vorliegende Gemälde, welches 1850 in Schirmers Düsseldorfer Zeit entstand, orientieren sich stark an den Landschaften Jacob van Ruisdaels (1628/29-1682).
1854 wird Schirmer zum Professor für Landschafts- und Genre-Malerei der neu gegründeten Kunstschule nach Karlsruhe berufen. Bereits ein Jahr später übernimmt er dort den Posten des Direktors. Der Wechsel nach Karlsruhe leitet eine neue Schaffensperiode in Schirmers Oeuvre ein - seine Bilder beschäftigen sich zudem auch immer öfter mit religiösen Themen. Bis zu seinem Tode 1863 wirkt Schirmer in Karlsruhe als wichtigster Landschaftsmaler seiner Zeit. Als Lehrer gibt er seine Ideen von der Landschaftskunst über viele Jahre - in Düsseldorf und Karlsruhe - an mehr als 300 Schüler weiter, darunter auch Andreas und Oswald Achenbach, Arnold Böcklin sowie Hans Thoma.
Johann Wilhelm Schirmer
Woodland Path
Oil on canvas (relined). 117 x 158 cm.
Signed and dated lower centre: J. W. Schirmer. 1850..
Provenance
North German private ownership.
Schirmer's travels between the Ahr, Rhein, Mosel, and Main rivers, as well as later trips to Italy, France, Holland, and Switzerland supplied him with a wealth of motifs for his landscape paintings. His irrepressible desire to attain knowledge and train his eye through the observation of nature, as well as to discover the unique geological structures of the landscapes which he painted fuelled his creativity and inspired innumerable drawings and paintings. All of his works are rooted in a deep reverence of nature. His Romantic and atmospheric landscapes were frequently pastiches pieced together from countless sketches and studies, in which certain motifs were re-used and varied again and again.
Some of the works painted by Schirmer during his time in Düsseldorf in 1850, including the present canvas, were strongly influenced by the landscapes of Jacob van Ruisdael (1628/29-1682). Schirmer became professor of landscape and genre painting in the newly founded art school in Karlsruhe in 1854. He was promoted to director just one year later. Schirmer's relocation to Karlsruhe ushered in a new period in his career in which he began to paint religious motifs with increasing frequency. He remained in Karlsruhe as one of the most important landscape painters of his era until his death in 1863. As a teacher, Schirmer was able to disseminate his ideas about landscape painting to over 300 pupils throughout the years, including Andreas and Oswald Achenbach, Arnold Böcklin, and Hans Thoma.
Pictures credits: Contact organization
Drawings, watercolours and pastels
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