Max Schellenbach (1948) - Stadsgezicht ( naar Cornelis Springer )

Max ScheLLenbach
In the paintings by Max Schellenbach (1948), nineteenth-century
Villas set against a surreal backdrop of polluted industrial areas and lifeless.
concrete high-rise buildings. They are depictions of the artist's vision of the
Urbanization and modernization of the Netherlands. Many atmospheric old buildings in the
Inner cities are disappearing and being replaced by modern, impersonal housing-
and work structures. The alienation that results from this is the most important.
themes in the work of Schellenbach. He himself describes his work as 'eco-realism'.
A low horizon, ominous skies, and the absence of people set
the ominous warning grows stronger. As the message becomes more insistent, it is the
More expressive use of color. Deep purple and dark ocher, glowing green and nocturnal
Blue is included in the palette. In a single work, the harmony is not yet.
disturbed; there the old houses are still intact, the trees bear leaves and the air is
cloudless blue. But in the long cool shadows, the threat of decay remains.
tangible
This painting is a painting after Cornelis Springer.
Canvas size 97 - 77 cm
Incl. frame. 106 - 86 cm