Murnau - View from the Window of the Griesbräu.
Title
Murnau - View from the Window of the Griesbräu .
Alternative Title
Johannisstrasse from a Window of the Griesbräu .
Translated Title
Murnau - Blick aus dem Fenster des Griesbräu ; Murnau - Johannisstrasse vom Fenster des Griesbräu .
Creator
Kandinsky, Vassily (Russian painter, 1866-1944)
Date
Summer 1908
Cultural Context
German Bavarian European Western European
Style/Period
Expressionist Modern (styles and periods) Modernist
Subject
Villages Streets Roads Buildings Facades Mountains
Description
Notes from catalog entry , p . 603 : GMS 34 ; Roethel and Benjamin assigned the title Johannisstrasse from a Window of the Griesbräu which specifies the view from Kandinsky's room on an upper floor ; "Kandinsky painted the view from the window of his room at the 'Griesbräu ' during their stay there, which took place from around 15 August until 30 September . Executed in oil paint with a brush on board , the picture is larger in format than his earlier landscapes . The colors are markedly brighter and less naturalistic and have been applied with longer , somewhat more rectangular strokes . Here, the street has been transformed by shades of pink and lavender […]. " (Excerpt , p.191)
Location Depicted
Murnau am Staffelsee (Germany) Bavaria (Germany) Alps Germany
Material
Oil on board Oil paint (pigmented coating) Paint Boards (flat objects)
Measurements
49.8 x 69.6 cm (19 5/8 x 27 3/8 in)
Technique
Oil painting (technique) Painting (image-making)
Work Type
Oil paintings Paintings
Repository
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus (Munich, Germany)
Source
Barnett, Vivian Endicott. Vasily Kandinsky: A Colorful Life: The Collection of the Lenbachhaus, Munich. Ed. Helmut Friedel. Cologne: DuMont; New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996. (p.197, cat.252).
Rights
Photos and archival documents copyright © 1995 Gabriele Münter- and Johannes Eichner-Foundation. Photographic credit, p. 197: Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich (Simone Gänsheimer / Ernst Jank / Jörg Koopmann).
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC 747-17.jpg
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