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Josef Dobrowsky (1889-1964), Mountain Landscape, 1926

Currency:EUR Category:Collectibles Start Price:850.00 EUR Estimated At:1,360.00 - 1,700.00 EUR
Josef Dobrowsky (1889-1964), Mountain Landscape, 1926
This picturesque watercolor was executed in bright colors and was created by the Austrian artist Josef Dobrowsky, who painted it in the year of 1926. Depicted is a mountain landscape in Styria. The viewer looks towards a village in the center of the image that is surrounded by trees through which some red and blue color accents emerge. The use of color and light contrasts is characteristic and provide a particularly atmospheric impression in many of his landscape watercolors.



The watercolor is signed lower left ‘J. Dobrowsky’ and is stamped and dated lower right ‘Originalität Datierung Juli 1926’. The sheet is in good condition, slightly toned and light-stained with minor foxing around the edges. The sheet is verso hinged on cardboard and matted. The sheet’s size is 43.5 x 51.5 cm. The framed dimensions are 73 x 68 cm.



Josef Dobrowsky (1889-1964)

Born in Carlsbad, Josef Dobrowsky was a portrait, genre and landscape painter and is considered one of the most important Austrian artists between the wars. After studying at the Vienna School of Applied Art, he attended the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts under Christian Griepenkerl and Rudolf Bacher. From 1919, Dobrowsky worked as a freelance artist and was a member of the Vienna Secession. In 1934, he joined the Prague Secession. Between the years 1946 and 1963, he taught a master class in painting at the Vienna Academy. Dobrowsky’s early work shows influences of Gustav Klimt, Albin Egger-Lienz and Ferdinand Hodler. From 1920, he intensively studied the paintings of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. In this time, he created paintings with an earthy color scheme. In his late work, he mainly created portraits and landscapes in an expressive manner, including some watercolours.
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