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Oil on canvas landscape painting titled Idylle am See by an unknown artist, from the 1960s in Europe, in the Impressionist style with heavy impasto; unsigned, 60 × 80 cm, original edition, in good condition, sold by Galerie.
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Description from the seller
Beautiful and romantic oil painting on canvas in vibrant colors and palette knife technique from the 1960s.
The painting was displayed together with the other offered pictures in a beautiful architect bungalow from the 1960s.
1. The style: 'Vacation Impressionism'
This image belongs to the genre of Mediterranean landscape painting, which became extremely popular in the post-war period, especially in the 1950s and 1960s.
Background: With the 'economic miracle,' Germans started to travel — mainly to Italy, the Adriatic, or the French Riviera. Those who couldn't travel (or wanted to preserve the memory) hung exactly such pictures in their homes.
Motif: A southern fishing village, white sails in the harbor, red tiled roofs, and deep blue sea. It is the ideal depiction of a carefree holiday day.
2. The technique: extreme impasto (spatula technique)
This image is the wildest in your collection.
Spatula technique: The artist worked here almost sculpturally. The paint was not brushed on but modeled onto the canvas with the spatula in thick layers.
• Structure: If you look at the white sails or the spray in the foreground, the color is probably several millimeters high.
• Effect: This technique captures the flickering light of the South. The uneven surface ensures that the image looks different depending on the light in the room – it appears lively and dynamic.
The artist & Contextualization
Without a readable signature (something appears to be written in the bottom right, but it's hard to decipher in the photo), one can say:
• Continental School: The image probably originates from a seasoned professional painter who specialized in these 'souvenir oil paintings.' In the 1960s, many artists (often from Italy or France, such as Amleto Dalla Costa or Guido Odierna) perfected this expressive palette knife style for the international market.
Quality: Do not underestimate the image as 'kitsch.' This type of palette knife painting requires a lot of skill. The artist must paint the image very quickly ('alla prima') before the thick oil paint becomes too stiff. Every 'palette knife stroke' must be precise; corrections are hardly possible at this thickness without smudging the colors.
oil on canvas
Decade: 1960s
Width: 80cm
Height: 60cm
The goods are subject to the margin scheme according to § 25a of the UStG, and VAT is not shown on the invoice.
Seller's Story
Since we can remember we felt attracted to beauty and exceptional things. Aesthetic has always been more than something superficial for us. It was something magic going much deeper than the surface, creating positive feelings and energies.
Harmonies, sacred proportions, colors and materials combined with time, create their very special energies and are mostly things that hardly can be described but always can be felt.
To define beauty would be far to philosophical, but we think, if something touches you by the way it looks and gives you good energy at the same time, then it would define our personal definition of beauty.
And if beauty is something that has no other purpose than making you feel good just by the way it looks, then beauty is something we surely do not want to miss in our lives.
We thank existence for giving us all those unique materials and designs and all the talented designers and craftsmen for bringing their visions and abilities to life and sharing it, to bring us purpose combined with joy.
We are glad to have the platform Catawiki where we can share our passion for extraordinary and beautiful things with like-minded people.
Bülent Usta & Sarah-Larissa Kolmeder
Translated by Google TranslateBeautiful and romantic oil painting on canvas in vibrant colors and palette knife technique from the 1960s.
The painting was displayed together with the other offered pictures in a beautiful architect bungalow from the 1960s.
1. The style: 'Vacation Impressionism'
This image belongs to the genre of Mediterranean landscape painting, which became extremely popular in the post-war period, especially in the 1950s and 1960s.
Background: With the 'economic miracle,' Germans started to travel — mainly to Italy, the Adriatic, or the French Riviera. Those who couldn't travel (or wanted to preserve the memory) hung exactly such pictures in their homes.
Motif: A southern fishing village, white sails in the harbor, red tiled roofs, and deep blue sea. It is the ideal depiction of a carefree holiday day.
2. The technique: extreme impasto (spatula technique)
This image is the wildest in your collection.
Spatula technique: The artist worked here almost sculpturally. The paint was not brushed on but modeled onto the canvas with the spatula in thick layers.
• Structure: If you look at the white sails or the spray in the foreground, the color is probably several millimeters high.
• Effect: This technique captures the flickering light of the South. The uneven surface ensures that the image looks different depending on the light in the room – it appears lively and dynamic.
The artist & Contextualization
Without a readable signature (something appears to be written in the bottom right, but it's hard to decipher in the photo), one can say:
• Continental School: The image probably originates from a seasoned professional painter who specialized in these 'souvenir oil paintings.' In the 1960s, many artists (often from Italy or France, such as Amleto Dalla Costa or Guido Odierna) perfected this expressive palette knife style for the international market.
Quality: Do not underestimate the image as 'kitsch.' This type of palette knife painting requires a lot of skill. The artist must paint the image very quickly ('alla prima') before the thick oil paint becomes too stiff. Every 'palette knife stroke' must be precise; corrections are hardly possible at this thickness without smudging the colors.
oil on canvas
Decade: 1960s
Width: 80cm
Height: 60cm
The goods are subject to the margin scheme according to § 25a of the UStG, and VAT is not shown on the invoice.
Seller's Story
Since we can remember we felt attracted to beauty and exceptional things. Aesthetic has always been more than something superficial for us. It was something magic going much deeper than the surface, creating positive feelings and energies.
Harmonies, sacred proportions, colors and materials combined with time, create their very special energies and are mostly things that hardly can be described but always can be felt.
To define beauty would be far to philosophical, but we think, if something touches you by the way it looks and gives you good energy at the same time, then it would define our personal definition of beauty.
And if beauty is something that has no other purpose than making you feel good just by the way it looks, then beauty is something we surely do not want to miss in our lives.
We thank existence for giving us all those unique materials and designs and all the talented designers and craftsmen for bringing their visions and abilities to life and sharing it, to bring us purpose combined with joy.
We are glad to have the platform Catawiki where we can share our passion for extraordinary and beautiful things with like-minded people.
Bülent Usta & Sarah-Larissa Kolmeder
Translated by Google TranslateDetails
Artist
Unknown artist
Sold with frame
No
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Gallery
Edition
Original
Title of artwork
Idylle am See
Technique
Oil painting
Signature
Not signed
Country of Origin
Europe
Condition
Good condition
Height
60 cm
Width
80 cm
Style
Impressionism
Period
1960-1970
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