Fritz Osswald (1878-1966) - Bei Tölz – Winterlicher Gebirgsbach
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Bei Tölz – Winterlicher Gebirgsbach, a 1936 oil on wood panel landscape by Fritz Osswald (1878–1966) from Switzerland, in the 1930s period and sold with a frame.
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Bei Tölz – Winterlicher Gebirgsbach, 1936
Fritz Osswald (1878–1966) – Öl auf Holzplatte, signiert, verso bezeichnet und datiert
WORK
A mountain stream winds through snow-covered land toward the viewer. Its water glows green and turquoise between large snow-covered stones and banks; red-brown scrub glows at the shore, spruce groups stand in the snow, and behind it lies a chain of snow-covered mountains in sunlight. Osswald painted the snow with thick, relief-like brushwork, the shadows violet and blue – that is precisely what he became famous for. Landscape format, 70.5 × 77.4 cm.
THE PLACE
On the back the painter inscribed the painting himself: “Fritz Osswald 1936 – Bei Tölz”. Bad Tölz lies on the Isar at the edge of the Bavarian pre-alps; Osswald lived since 1922 in Starnberg and repeatedly painted the Upper Bavarian winter landscape en plein air.
ARTIST
Fritz Osswald was born in 1878 in Hottingen near Zurich as the son of the sculptor Albert Osswald and died in 1966 in Starnberg. He studied from 1897 at the Munich Academy with Wilhelm von Diez and Nikolaos Gyzis, began exhibiting with the Munich Secession from 1904, and in 1913, by invitation of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig, became a member of the Darmstadt Artists’ Colony. His large winter landscapes made him known as the “Winter Painter”; contemporary critics reported that he also painted outdoors in freezing cold. Works are located, among others, in the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt and the Museum Starnberger See.
Technique: oil on wood panel.
Image size: 70.5 × 77.4 cm
Frame size: 78.5 × 87.3 × 4.5 cm
Framed weight: 3,800 g
Signature: bottom right “Fritz Osswald”.
Back: personally labeled “Fritz Osswald 1936” and “Bei Tölz”.
ORIGIN
From private possession, acquired into our inventory in 2026.
CONDITION
Good condition. Paint layer dense, very impasto. Not cleaned, not restored. Please view the photos as part of the description.
FRAME AND HANGING
Simple silver-colored profile frame with edge wear. The frame is part of the lot.
SHIPPING
Shipped framed, corners and surface protected. Pick-up in Helmstedt possible.
Frame: simple silver-colored profile frame; edge wear; back-side corner boards.
Seller's Story
Kunsthandel Fliegner in Helmstedt, between the Harz and the Braunschweig region. The focus is on paintings and graphics from the 19th and 20th centuries, especially from the Harz, the Harz foothills, and the Munich School. Each work is reviewed before listing, measured, and photographed with its signature and back. I have been selling on Catawiki for over eight years. The works are carefully packaged for shipping.
Translated by Google TranslateBei Tölz – Winterlicher Gebirgsbach, 1936
Fritz Osswald (1878–1966) – Öl auf Holzplatte, signiert, verso bezeichnet und datiert
WORK
A mountain stream winds through snow-covered land toward the viewer. Its water glows green and turquoise between large snow-covered stones and banks; red-brown scrub glows at the shore, spruce groups stand in the snow, and behind it lies a chain of snow-covered mountains in sunlight. Osswald painted the snow with thick, relief-like brushwork, the shadows violet and blue – that is precisely what he became famous for. Landscape format, 70.5 × 77.4 cm.
THE PLACE
On the back the painter inscribed the painting himself: “Fritz Osswald 1936 – Bei Tölz”. Bad Tölz lies on the Isar at the edge of the Bavarian pre-alps; Osswald lived since 1922 in Starnberg and repeatedly painted the Upper Bavarian winter landscape en plein air.
ARTIST
Fritz Osswald was born in 1878 in Hottingen near Zurich as the son of the sculptor Albert Osswald and died in 1966 in Starnberg. He studied from 1897 at the Munich Academy with Wilhelm von Diez and Nikolaos Gyzis, began exhibiting with the Munich Secession from 1904, and in 1913, by invitation of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig, became a member of the Darmstadt Artists’ Colony. His large winter landscapes made him known as the “Winter Painter”; contemporary critics reported that he also painted outdoors in freezing cold. Works are located, among others, in the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt and the Museum Starnberger See.
Technique: oil on wood panel.
Image size: 70.5 × 77.4 cm
Frame size: 78.5 × 87.3 × 4.5 cm
Framed weight: 3,800 g
Signature: bottom right “Fritz Osswald”.
Back: personally labeled “Fritz Osswald 1936” and “Bei Tölz”.
ORIGIN
From private possession, acquired into our inventory in 2026.
CONDITION
Good condition. Paint layer dense, very impasto. Not cleaned, not restored. Please view the photos as part of the description.
FRAME AND HANGING
Simple silver-colored profile frame with edge wear. The frame is part of the lot.
SHIPPING
Shipped framed, corners and surface protected. Pick-up in Helmstedt possible.
Frame: simple silver-colored profile frame; edge wear; back-side corner boards.
Seller's Story
Kunsthandel Fliegner in Helmstedt, between the Harz and the Braunschweig region. The focus is on paintings and graphics from the 19th and 20th centuries, especially from the Harz, the Harz foothills, and the Munich School. Each work is reviewed before listing, measured, and photographed with its signature and back. I have been selling on Catawiki for over eight years. The works are carefully packaged for shipping.
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Sold with frame
Yes
Sold by
Owner or reseller
Edition
Original
Artist
Fritz Osswald (1878-1966)
Title of artwork
Bei Tölz – Winterlicher Gebirgsbach
Technique
Oil painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Switzerland
Year
1936
Condition
Good condition
Height
70.5 cm
Width
77.4 cm
Weight
3800 g
Depiction/theme
Landscape
Style
Impressionism
Period
1930-1940
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