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Joseph Wopfner (Austria 1843-1927) oil on board landscape painting titled "The Burgenstock Seen from Oberutti Near Lucerne" depicting figures working in a field filled with spring wildflowers, with a lake and rocky cliffside in the background. Signed and dated "J. Wopfner, 1910" lower right. Titled and additional German inscription en verso. Housed in a carved wood frame with a hammered gilt filet. Sight: 11" H x 14" W. Framed: 22 1/4" H x 25" W. Note: This work is featured in Josef Wopfner's Catalogue Raisonne by Irmgard Holz and Alexander Rauch, Figure 548, page 235. Biographical Note: Josef Wopfner is celebrated for his paintings of the Bavarian regions of the Oberland and the Chiemsee, both popular destinations for Munich-based painters like Wopfner. In their moods, Wopfner's landscapes are often meditative and Wopfner himself wanted to be known as a "Holy Painter." His work borders on impressionism in his loose application of paint and gestural brushwork, and many of his paintings are based on drawings made en plein air. Source: Adapted from Holz, Irmgard and Alexander Rauch, JOSEF WOPFNER 1843-1927 (Rosenheimer Verlagshau, 1989).
PROVENANCE: The Collection of Ilse Rieden, Gate City, Virginia. Descended in the family from her grandfather, the artist Josef Wopfner, who gifted this work to a relative.
CONDITION: Overall very good condition. Some small areas of scattered flourescence under UV light do not appear to be associated with later restoration or repairs.
