Lot no. 2571
Julius von Klever
A Forest in Autumn
Oil on canvas. 99 x 63 cm.
Signed and dated lower right: J. v. Klever 1909.
Provenance
In German private ownership for two generations.
Klever had already enjoyed immense success at exhibitions in St. Petersburg, Paris, and Berlin in the time around 1880, but the 30 year old painter truly rose to stardom when his late Romantic landscapes were purchased by both the future Tzar Alexander III and Pavel Tretyakov. However, his success and growing fortune, tireless travel and exhibition itinerary, and the world of money and fame led the artist to develop a gambling addiction that drove him into debt and disrepute. He was later able to overcome the habit and find his way back to a respectable career as an artist.
Although it was during sojourns far from St. Petersburg, visiting Finland, Riga, Belarus, and finally Germany, that helped him find his way back to himself, Klever's true strength lay in capturing the magic of his native Russia like no other artist. His melancholic use of light allows lends his works a maximum of painterly expression. As a darling of the Romanov dynasty and the St. Petersburg Salon, Klever's fame faded somewhat following the October Revolution, but today his works once again enjoy great popularity on the international art market.
Julius von Klever
Herbstwald
Öl auf Leinwand. 99 x 63 cm.
Signiert und datiert unten rechts: J. v. Klever 1909.
Provenienz
Seit zwei Generationen in deutschem Privatbesitz.
Bereits um 1880 feierte Klever große Erfolge auf den Kunstausstellungen in St. Petersburg, Paris und Berlin. Als der künftige Zar Alexander III. und Pawel Tretjakow die spätromantischen Landschaften des damals 30-jährigen Künstlers erwerben, wird er zum Malerstar. Seine Erfolge und sein zunehmendes Vermögen, seine rastlose Reise- und Ausstellungstätigkeit sowie die Welt des großen Geldes verführen den Maler zur Spielleidenschaft, die ihn auf Abwege und in die Schulden treibt. Er kann sich später jedoch von seiner Sucht lösen und findet wieder zu seiner Arbeit als Maler zurück. Aufenthalte fern von St. Petersburg, in Finnland, Riga und Weißrussland sowie schließlich in Deutschland, führen ihn wieder zu sich selbst.
Wie kaum ein anderer verstand es Klever, in seinen Landschaften den Zauber seiner russischen Heimat verbunden mit einer melancholischen Lichtsituation wiederzugeben. Seine Werke zeigen ein Höchstmaß an malerisch emotionaler Ausdruckskraft. Als Günstling der Romanow-Dynastie und Liebling der Petersburger Salons, verblasste Klevers Ruhm nach der Oktoberrevolution zunächst, heute erfreuen sich seine Werke auf dem internationalen Kunstmarkt jedoch wieder größter Beliebtheit.
Pictures credits: Contact organization
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