Alfons Walde
(Oberndorf 1891 - 1958 Kitzbühel)
Einsame Hausung (“Lonely House”)
Circa 1934/ 35
Signed lower right, oil on cardboard
Height: 59.5 cm, width: 42.5 cm
Literature: Leopold-Museum (ed.): Alfonst Walde, exhib. cat., Vienna 2006, see ill. p. 115.
Alfons Walde is one of the most important artists of Austrian modernism. Influenced by the Viennese Secessionists around Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele during his student days in Vienna, Walde focused from the 1920s on depicting landscapes, rural life and the up-and-coming winter sports in his home town of Kitzbühel. The expressive and iconic works of the painter, graphic artist and architect continue to shape the perception of the Tyrolean mountains to this day.
He succeeded in capturing the magic of nature and the unadulterated depiction of humanity in atmospheric nuances, with strong contrasts and vibrant colors. The painting "Einsame Hausung" shows Walde's characteristic, striking style with impasto application of paint and his skillful reduction to the essentials, through which the harmonious interplay of man and nature, of light and shadow, is created.
