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Ammersee in winter

Ammersee in winter
(Ammersee im Winter)
 1914

Medium
oil on cardboard
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation on behalf of her granddaughter Melanie Keech by Sue Course, Fellow, 2004
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on cardboard
Measurements
54.2 × 62.7 cm
Inscription
inscribed in red paint l.l.: M. KAhRER / 1914.
incised in paint l.c.r.: Ammersee 3 / II 1914
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.c.: Amersee im Winter / Max Kahrer 1914
Accession Number
2004.120
Department
International Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation on behalf of her granddaughter Melanie Keech by Sue Course, Fellow, 2004
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Architecture Landscapes
Subjects (specific)
Ammersee (lake) churches (buildings) deciduous trees Germany (nation) onion domes snow (precipitation) winter

Frame

The frame is one of a pair by this maker on two paintings by the artist. This one refers back to the Dutch frames of the seventeenth century, making use of an ‘ebonised’ surface on the shallow scotia of the body of the frame and elaborating the sight edge with a fine scale, gilded decorative element. The stark simplicity of the frame is relieved by the elegance of the profile and it’s harmony with the painting. The two paintings formed part of the furnishings of an apartment designed by Adolf Loos for Jacob and Melanie Langer in Vienna in 1903. Furniture from the apartment forms part of the collection of the NGV.1 The frames are remarkably intact and carry the label of the maker centre bottom reverse.

Note

1 For details of the furniture see Decorative Arts in the International Collections of the National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2003, p. 98.

Frame Details

Framemaker
C. Bühlmayer

1 Michaeler Durchhaus, Wien
Date
1914
Materials

The frame is formed from a shallow timber scotia to which a sight edge strip of carved and gilded timber has been added. The strip is pinned to a shelf on the profile with a strip of ply on the underside to extend the rebate. The scotia section is ebonised and relieved at the outer edge by a step and at the inner edge by a course of three reeds. Timber profiles like this were stock items in trade catalogues.

Frame Condition

Good original condition throughout.

Dimensions
68.2 x 76.7 x 3.5 cm; sight 53.5 x 82.0 cm

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Essay
‘There is no modern furniture!’: Adolf Loos and the Viennese apartment of Jakob and Melanie Langer

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