Lot no. 317
Otto Mueller
Sitzendes Mädchen am Wasser
Farbige Kreiden, Ölkreide, Kohle und Aquarell auf chamoisfarbenem Papier. 49,7 x 34,1 cm. Unter Glas gerahmt. Unten rechts mit Bleistift signiert 'Otto Mueller'. - Im ehemaligen Passepartout-Ausschnitt leicht gebräunt.
Lüttichau/Pirsig 769
Provenienz
Privatsammlung Stuttgart
Literatur
Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, 3. Graphik-Auktion, 13.-14.5.1948, Los 645 mit Abb.
Wenngleich Otto Muellers Frauendarstellungen wenig individualisiert erscheinen, fand er die Modelle für seine Arbeiten immer wieder in seinen Geliebten. Die Entstehung des vorliegenden Blattes fällt in die Zeit der Trennung von seiner ersten Frau Maschka. Bereits im Sommer 1919 war der Künstler eine Liaison mit seiner Studentin Irene Altmann eingegangen, die sodann seine Muse geworden war.
Das Thema des Aktes in der Landschaft findet sich bei Otto Mueller in vielerlei Form. Seine facettenreichen Variationen reichen von reinen Figurenkompositionen bis hin zu weitläufigen, mit einzelnen Figuren versehenen Landschaftsausschnitten. Wie bei den anderen „Brücke“-Künstlern verweisen die Akte in der Natur auf die Nähe zu den zeittypischen Ideen der Lebensreform-Bewegung und deren Ideal eines paradiesischen Urzustands im Einssein von Mensch und Natur.
In diesem Kontext vermag die ausschnitthaft formulierte Badeszene mit dem unbeschwert nackt am Wasser sitzenden Mädchen den Blick auf ein irdisches Paradies freizugeben. Der Betrachter sieht sich einem überzeitlichen Arkadien gegenüber, das weniger idyllische Pathosformel als sehnsuchtsvolles Utopieversprechen zu sein scheint.
Otto Mueller
Sitzendes Mädchen am Wasser
Coloured chalks, oil crayon, charcoal and watercolour on chamois-coloured paper. 49.7 x 34.1 cm. Framed under glass. Signed 'Otto Mueller' in pencil lower right. - Former mat opening slightly browned.
Lüttichau/Pirsig 769
Provenance
Private collection, Stuttgart
Literature
Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, 3. Graphik-Auktion, 13 -14 May 1948, lot 645 with illus.
Even if Otto Mueller's depictions of women appear faintly individualised, he repeatedly found the models for his works among his lovers. The present sheet was created during the period of his separation from his first wife, Maschka. The artist had already begun an affair with his student Irene Altmann in the summer of 1919, and she then became his muse.
The theme of the nude in the landscape takes on diverse forms in Otto Mueller's work. His richly multifaceted variations range from pure figural compositions to extensive landscape passages featuring separate figures. As with the other artists of the “Brücke”, these nudes in nature point to an affinity with the characteristic contemporary ideas of the life-reform movement and its ideal of a paradisiacal primal state of being consisting in humanity's unity with nature.
In this context the detail-like formulation of the bathing scene, with the girl light-heartedly sitting naked next to the water, is able to open up a view on to an earthly paradise. Viewers find themselves presented with a timeless Arcadia that seems to be less an idyllic pathos formula than a utopian promise filled with longing.
Pictures credits: Contact organization
Drawings, watercolours and pastels
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