Two women on the mountain

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Two women on the mountain (Franz Marc)
Two women on the mountain
Franz Marc , 1906
Oil on canvas on cardboard
15.5 x 24.7 cm
On permanent loan to the Franz Marc Museum , Kochel am See

Two women on the mountain is the title of a painting by Franz Marc (1880–1916). It is one of the painter's early works and is part of the Bavarian State Painting Collections .

story

Portrait of Maria Marc

In 1905 Marc had met the painters Marie Schnür and Maria Franck , who both later became his wives. He spent the summer of 1906 in Kochel. He painted the two outdoors on an alpine pasture. He first made a small oil sketch, which he later used to paint a large-format oil painting. On August 1st he wrote to Maria Franck: “The picture of you two has already been drawn.” Later he cut up the large painting. The remainder of this is the portrait of Maria Marc in the Murnau Castle Museum .

In 1985 the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen acquired the picture from the estate of Maria Marc, b. Franck. It is on permanent loan in the Franz Marc Museum in Kochel am See .

description

The oil sketch is 15.5 cm high and 24.7 cm wide. It was painted with oil paint on canvas and mounted on cardboard .

The picture shows the two women on a mountain meadow. In the foreground, Marie Schnür is sitting in a white dress and blue jacket and looks back at Maria Franck, who is lying in the meadow with a hat on her head, dressed entirely in white. Maria covers her face with her hand against the falling sun and seems to be reading a book lying in front of her on the meadow. The mountains of the Bavarian Prealps are indicated in the background .

The light colors are applied with a broad brushstroke. Instead of a lifelike reproduction, Marc captures the mood of the scene.

variation

Franz Marc: Woman Reading in the Green (1906)

During the stay in Kochel, a picture of Maria Franck, also in white and with a hat, was taken under the title Lesende Frau im Grünen . It has also been part of the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen since 1985 and is on permanent loan in the Franz Marc Museum in Kochel am See.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Two women on the mountain. In: sammlung.pinakothek.de. Bavarian State Painting Collections, accessed on March 10, 2020 .
  2. ^ Quoted from Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus (ed.): Franz Marc 1880–1916 . Prestel Verlag, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-7913-0537-9 , pp. 141 .
  3. ^ Susanna Partsch: Franz Marc . Taschen, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-8228-5585-5 , pp. 11 .
  4. ^ Brigitte Salmen: Maria Marc. Life and life's work , p. 8. In: Brigitte Salmen (Ed.): Maria Marc in the circle of the "Blue Rider" . Exhibition catalog, Schloßmuseum Murnau, 2004. The picture is shown there on the book cover and as # 76. See also: Annegret Hoberg, Isabelle Jansen: Franz Marc. Catalog raisonné , Volume I: Paintings , p. 83
  5. ^ Cathrin Klingsöhr-Leroy (Ed.): Franz Marc Museum. The collection . Hirmer Verlag, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-7774-3379-0 , pp. 74 .
  6. ^ Susanna Partsch: Franz Marc . Taschen, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-8228-5585-5 , pp. 13 .
  7. ^ Assignment to the two people according to Susanna Partsch: Franz Marc . Taschen, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-8228-5585-5 , pp. 11 .
  8. ↑ Reading woman in the country. In: sammlung.pinakothek.de. Bavarian State Painting Collections, accessed on November 14, 2020 .