Sale: 431 / Art of the 19th Century, May 25. 2016 in Munich Lot 9

 

9
Jan Chelminski
Parforcejagd, 1876.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 12,000 / $ 12,960
Sold:
€ 97,500 / $ 105,300

(incl. surcharge)
Parforcejagd. 1876.
Oil on canvas.
Signed, dated and inscribed "München" lower left. 85 x 184 cm (33.4 x 72.4 in).
Verso of stretcher with inscriptions and numbers, as well as with an old adhesive label inscribed "5261". [CB].
A work by Chelmisnki that resembles the one offered here was acquired by King Ludwig II. at the 'Münchner Internationalen Kunstausstellung' in 1879.

PROVENANCE: Collection Barlow, Munich (verso of stretcher with inscription)
Galerie Hugo Helbing, Munich, auction collection Barlow, 17 June, 1911, lot 28, (with black and white illu. in cat., plate 6).
Galerie an der Wagmüllerstraße, Munich, owner Jakob Scheidwimmer, previously Hugo Helbing.
Galerie Josef Engel, Munich (acquired from Scheidwimmer, presumably between 1941 and 1948).
Private collection Southern Germany (acquired in 1952 from Galerie Josef Engel, with copy of receipt).

EXHIBITION: Presumably: Kunst- und Kunstindustrie-Ausstellung alter und neuer deutscher Meister im Glaspalaste zu München, 1876, room 38, no. 27 (p. 54 in cat.).

LITERATURE: Cf. Friedrich von Boetticher, Malerwerke des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, 1st vol., no. 3 "Parforcejagd aus der Zeit Ludwig XV.".

A circle of young artists, predominantly of Polish origin, began to form around Josef von Brandt in Munich as of 1875, the so-called 'Brandt-Schule'. Next to Jan Chelminski, Alfred von Wierusz-Kowalski and Franz Roubaud were also part of this group. Illustrations of historical Cossack- and Tatar warriors, horse markets and hunting scenes contributed to the artists' success over a long time. Additionally, the Polish artists showed strong interest in scenes from Napoleon's campaigns. Around 1870 Maksymilian Gierymski revived the historical genre of coursing in Rococo costumes, over the following years his artist friends Wierusz-Kowalski and Chelminski also took on this subject.



9
Jan Chelminski
Parforcejagd, 1876.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 12,000 / $ 12,960
Sold:
€ 97,500 / $ 105,300

(incl. surcharge)