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Karl O’Lynch van Town, Oil Painting, Karwendel Landscape, 1930s

Currency:EUR Category:Collectibles Start Price:1,000.00 EUR Estimated At:1,600.00 - 2,000.00 EUR
Karl O’Lynch van Town, Oil Painting, Karwendel Landscape, 1930s
In this large oil painting, the Austro-German painter Karl O’Lynch van Town has captured one of his favourite subjects – the Karwendel range. The work presents a barren, hilly landscape in which the mild spring sun slowly thaws the snow. A quiet see, with a small wooden hut built on its bank, is running in the foreground whilst an imposing mountain range rises in the background. The mountains depicted are the Wörner and the Tiefkarspitzeder. The Karwendel Valley inspired the artist continuously for his impressive paintings. The painter of Irish decent has rendered the landscape with great skill, giving form to the snow-covered mountains with broad brushstrokes.



The painting by Karl O’Lynch van Town is in good condition. The surface in the upper left area is dotted with tiny spots and there are two strokes of brown colour along the upper right border. The work is signed lower left ‘O’Lynch’. There is an old (partially torn) label on the back of the stretcher frame. The frame shows signs of age and wear. Framed the work measures 85 x 115.5 cm, the stretcher frame measures 70 x 101 cm.



Karl O'Lynch van Town (1869-42)

The Irish-born Karl O'Lynch van Town (1869-42) attended the Graz Academy of Drawing from 1888 to 1890, and then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and Munich Art Academy. From 1904, he was a member of the Hagenbund. He is mainly known for his marine paintings and often spent time on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. He was friends with the painters Alfred Zoff and Eduard Ameseder and is today considered one of the most important Styrian artists of the turn of the Century.
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