Lot no. 447
Max Peiffer Watenphul
Blumenstillleben
Öl auf Malkarton 64,3 x 54,4 cm Gerahmt. Oben rechts mit schwarzer Kreide monogrammiert 'M. PW'. Rückseitig handschriftlich bezeichnet "A. /25 [?]". - In guter, farbfrischer Erhaltung.
Nicht bei Watenphul Pasqualucci/Pasqualucci
Provenienz
Privatsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Familienbesitz
Vor 100 Jahren, im Oktober 1919, beginnt der promovierte Jurist Max Peiffer Watenphul auf Empfehlung von Paul Klee sein Studium an dem soeben von Walter Gropius eröffneten Bauhaus in Weimar und besucht die Grundkurse von Johannes Itten, engagiert sich in den Werkstätten Weberei sowie Töpferei und interessiert sich intensiv für das Medium der Photographie. Skurrile Porträts, außergewöhnliche Städtebilder von Venedig und die italienische Landschaft um Rom, Cefalù und Ischia sind die einen Themen Peiffer Watenphuls, Stillleben und besonders üppige Blumensträuße wie dieser in einer chinesischen Vase sind die anderen bevorzugten Sujets des Künstlers. Vereinzelte Blüten im Stile der Neuen Sachlichkeit in den 1920er Jahren verdichten sich zunehmend zu prachtvollen Gebinden und explodieren geradezu über den Bildrand hinaus. Man spürt die ästhetische Empfindsamkeit des Künstlers für Blumen, die preziöse Fähigkeit, sie nach Art und Farbe zu kombinieren, sie kontrastreich zu binden und so eine beglückende, frühsommerliche Farbenpracht mit Rittersporn, Mimosen, Chrysanthemen, Nelken, Sonnenblumen und anderem zu inszenieren. Ebenso schenkt Peifer Watenphul den Gefäßen seine Aufmerksamkeit. Es sind dies neben Glasvasen zumeist edle Porzellanvasen, wie diese mit chinesischem Dekor, welche den Künstler in seinen Stillleben lebenslang begleiten und immer wieder den gebildeten Schöngeist geschmackvoll herausstellen.
Max Peiffer Watenphul
Blumenstillleben
Oil on artist's board 64.3 x 54.4 cm Framed. Monogrammed 'M. PW' in black chalk upper right. Inscribed "A. /25 [?]" by hand verso. - In fine condition with vibrant colours.
Not recorded by Watenphul Pasqualucci/Pasqualucci
Provenance
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia, family possession
One hundred years ago - in October of 1919 - Max Peiffer Watenphul, Doctor of Laws, began his studies at the Bauhaus in Weimar, which had just been opened by Walter Gropius. Paul Klee had recommended that he study there, and he attended the elementary courses of Johannes Itten, was active in the workshops for weaving and pottery and became intensely interested in the medium of photography. Bizarre portraits and unusual cityscapes from Venice and the Italian countryside around Rome, Cefalù and Ischia are a few of the subjects of Peiffer Watenphul; still lifes and particularly luxuriant bunches of flowers, like this one in a Chinese vase, were the artist's other favourite motifs. Isolated flowers in the style of the New Objectivity in the 1920s increasingly became concentrated into magnificent bouquets and positively explode past the edges of the painting. We can sense the artist's aesthetic sensibility for flowers, his ability to ornately combine them by species and colour, to gather them in rich contrasts and thus present a delightful, early summer marvel of colours featuring larkspur, mimosas, chrysanthemums, carnations and sunflowers, among others. Peiffer Watenphul also devoted his attention to their containers. In addition to glass vases, these usually consisted of regal porcelain vessels, such as this one featuring a Chinese motif, which accompanied the artist in his still lifes throughout his lifetime and tastefully identify him again and again as a cultured aesthete.
Pictures credits: Contact organization
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