WALDMÜLLER, Fedinand Georg
(b. 1793, Wien, d. 1865, Helmstreitmühle)

The Schönberg Seen from Hoisernradalpe

1833
Oil on canvas, 31 x 26 cm
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

The landscapes around Salzburg were a favourite subject of German and Austrian painting, due to the almost Mediterranean beauty of many of these southerly locations. A characteristic aspect of Waldmüller's paintings is the depiction of mountains, natural features which assume particular prominence in this period. The gentle hills and the steep mountains here take up a large proportion of the canvas, reducing the area devoted to the sky.




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