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Mela Muter (Maria Melania Mutermilch) Landschaft Südfrankreich Oil on canvas. 77 x 83 cm. Framed. Signed 'Muter' in dark blue lower right. - With craquelure, two minor retouches in the left centre and a backed, short, inconspicuous cut in the lower corner. On a black-and-white photograph in the archive of the Galerie Bargera, titled 'pejzaz z sosnami' (landscape with pine trees), probably by Mela Muter, in Polish verso. Provenance From the estate of the artist; Galerie Bargera, Cologne; Private collection, Israel Exhibitions Paris 1966 (Jean-Claude Bellier), Mela Muter, cat. no. 15 ("Paysage, Les Pins"), with full-page illus. Born into a wealthy family with an interest in art, Mela Melania Klingsland - who later married the art critic Michal Mutermilch - first studied in Warsaw and then, from 1901, in Paris. Impressed by the works of the School of Pont Aven, by Cézanne and van Gogh, Mela Muter (the abbreviated name she would soon use to refer to herself) quickly found a style of her own and was extremely successful, particularly as a portrait painter. Her first solo exhibition would already be held in Warsaw in 1902, and it was followed by regular exhibitions in the salons of Paris. In 1911 the gallerist Josep Dalmau invited the painter - by then a member of the Salon d'Automne - to Barcelona; further exhibitions in the Basque country followed and, in 1914, Mela Muter spent several months in nearby Girona. That is where, according to her own account, she painted her first proper landscapes (Muter Souvenirs, in: exhib. cat. Mela Muter. De París a Girona. I els artistes polonesos a Catalunya, Museu d'Art de Girona 2019, p. 234). The coastal landscape offered here may also have been created on this occasion - perhaps in Begur, one of the seaside villages closest to the medieval town of Girona. In the southern saturation of the shades of ochre, red and pink in complementary contrast with the dark to violet blue and the dark, shadow-casting green, this stony stretch of coast is characterised by its little pine or, more precisely, stone pine forest. Seen from the viewers' high vantage point in a plunging perspective, the view curves round above the Mediterranean bay and ends in a white sailing boat just below the horizon line. The forceful brushstroke and strong palette visualise the impression of the landscape and appeal to viewers' sense of smell and touch.Mela Muter (Maria Melania Mutermilch) Landschaft mit Kiefern (Paysage) Öl auf Leinwand. 77 x 83 cm. Gerahmt. Unten rechts dunkelblau signiert 'Muter'. - Mit Craquelé, zwei kleinen Retuschen in der linken Bildmitte und einem rückseitig hinterlegten kurzen, unauffälligen Schnitt in der unteren rechten Ecke. Auf einer Schwarz-Weiß-Fotografie im Archiv der Galerie Bargera rückseitig vermutlich von Mela Muter in polnischer Sprache betitelt 'pejzaz z sosnami' (Landschaft mit Kiefern) und von fremder Hand "Landschaft 1915". Provenienz Aus dem Nachlass der Künstlerin; Galerie Bargera, Köln; Privatsammlung Israel Ausstellungen Paris 1966 (Jean-Claude Bellier), Mela Muter, Kat. Nr. 15 (Paysage, Le Pins), mit ganzseitiger Abb. Einer wohlhabenden kunstsinnigen Familie entstammend, studiert Mela Melania Klingsland - später mit dem Kunstkritiker Michal Mutermilch verheiratet - erst in Warschau und ab 1901 in Paris. Beeindruckt von den Werken der Schule von Pont Aven, von Cézanne und van Gogh, findet Mela Muter, wie sie sich bald verkürzend nennt, rasch ihren eigenen Stil und ist extrem erfolgreich, gerade in der Porträtmalerei. Bereits 1902 erfolgt ihre erste Einzelausstellung in Warschau, der regelmäßige Ausstellungen in den Pariser Salons folgen. 1911, mittlerweile Mitglied des Salon d'Automne, wird die Malerin von dem Galeristen Josep Dalmau nach Barcelona eingeladen, weitere Ausstellungen im Baskenland folgen, und 1914 verbringt Mela Muter mehrere Monate im nahegelegenen Girona. Dort malt sie - eigenen Aussagen zufolge - die ersten richtigen Landschaften (Muter Souvenirs, in: Ausst. Kat. Mela Muter. De París a Girona. I els artistes polonesos a Catalunya, Museu d'Art de Girona 2019, S. 234). Bei der Gelegenheit mag auch die hier angebotene Küstenlandschaft entstanden sein, vielleicht in Begur, einem der mittelalterlichen Stadt Girona nächstgelegenen Ort am Meer. In südlich satten Farben von Ocker-Rot-Rosatönen komplementär zum Dunkel- bis Violettblau und dunklem schattenspendenen Grün, ist der steinige Küstenabschnitt mit dem kleinen Pinien-, resp. Kieferwäldchen charakterisiert. Von hohem Betrachterpunkt in stürzender Perspektive rundet sich der Blick über die Mittelmeerbucht und endet in einem weißen Segelboot kurz vor dem Horizont. Die kraftvolle Faktur und die starke Palette visualisieren den Landschaftseindruck und appellieren an Geruchs- und Tastsinn des Betrachters. - - - 24.00 % buyer's premium on the hammer price (20.00 % on the part of the hammer price exceeding 400,001 EUR) 7.00 % pre-paid importation VAT on the hammer price, only reclaimable in case of export to a country outside the EU 19.00 % VAT on buyer's premium and other charges; not indicated and not reclaimable; VAT margin scheme
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