Asta: 538 / 19th Century Art del 10 giugno 2023 a Monaco di Baviera Lot 620

 

620
Joseph Wopfner
Prozession am Walchensee, Um 1895-1900.
Olio su tavola
Stima:
€ 3,000 / $ 3,240
Risultato:
€ 13,970 / $ 15,087

( commissione inclusa)
Prozession am Walchensee. Um 1895-1900.
Oil on panel.
Holz 360. Lower left signed. 15.7 x 28.3 cm (6.1 x 11.1 in).

PROVENANCE: Galerie Heinemann, Munich (with the label on the reverse, no. 11577).
Councillor of commerce Isidor Bach (1849-1946), Munich (acquired from the above in 1916).
Austrian private collection
The work is free from restitution claims. The offer is made with the kind consent of Isidor Bach's heirs.

EXHIBITION: Permanente Ausstellung von Werken erstklassiger deutscher,französischer, altenglischer und altspanischer Meister, Galerie Heinemann, Munich, 1914 (with illu. on p. 189).

The small format by Joseph Wopfner shows a scene that is extraordinarily rich in figures and action. The artist, who was mainly active on the Chiemsee and is known for his lake pictures that are just sparsely populated with fishermen, devoted himself to the depiction of Bavarian-Catholic customs, which take place in front of the imposing backdrop of the mountains surrounding Walchensee. The destination of the procession on the occasion of the Catholic Feast of the Assumption on August 18 is the small baroque church of St. Margareth on the Zwergern peninsula. The priest says the prayer under the red canopy. In the foreground, Wopfner shows a devout group of women, to the right the blue and golden statue of the Mother of God. The solemnity of the moment is underlined by a ray of light breaking through the clouds. In summer bloom, the meadows shine in blue, yellow and red, a mother is playing with her child on the edge of the path in front of them. Despite the small format, the scene emanates sublimity in the sensitive account of the pious people embedded in the fertile summer landscape of the peaceful and protective mountains. [KT]



620
Joseph Wopfner
Prozession am Walchensee, Um 1895-1900.
Olio su tavola
Stima:
€ 3,000 / $ 3,240
Risultato:
€ 13,970 / $ 15,087

( commissione inclusa)