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Franz von Lenbach

Lot 1869
08.05.2022 11:00UTC +01:00
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€ 12 500
AuctioneerKunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden GmbH
Event locationGermany, Ahlden(Aller)
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Lot 1869 | Franz von Lenbach
Franz von Lenbach (1836 Schrobenhausen - 1904 München)Bildnis des Reichskanzlers Otto Fürst von Bismarck mit HutLebensgroßes, halbfiguriges Portrait des en face in einem Lehnstuhl sitzenden Staatsmannes als Privatmann in dunklem Gehrock und Hut. Mit virtuosem, lockerem, breitem Duktus gemaltes Hauptwerk Franz von Lenbachs, das hier die durchaus nachdenkliche Persönlichkeit des Dargestellten ausdrucksvoll charakterisiert. Dieses 1884 entstandene Porträt gehört zu rund 80 Gemälden mit Bismarck-Darstellungen, die er um 1879-1897 schuf; eine weitere, geringfügig kleinere Version aus demselben Jahr befindet sich in der Neuen Pinakothek in München (vom Künstler erworben, Inv.-Nr. 7734). Lenbach begegnete Otto von Bismarck erstmals 1874 in Bad Kissingen. Dies war der Anfang einer lebenslangen, fast freundschaftlichen Verbundenheit zwischen dem Maler und dem Reichskanzler, die bis in die heutige Zeit das öffentliche Bild Bismarcks und dessen Nachruhm prägt. 1879 hielt sich Lenbach acht Tage lang im Hause Bismarcks auf; auch danach war er häufiger Gast. Seine vielfältigen Bildnisse konzentrieren sich meist auf das imposante Gesicht Bismarcks, das durch effektvolle Lichtführung aus dem Dunkel hervortritt; in den 1880er Jahren schilderte Lenbach den Reichskanzler, wie in diesem repräsentativen Gemälde, vornehmlich in Zivilkleidung. Öl/Lwd.; L. o. sign. u. dat. 1884. 130,5 cm x 100,5 cm. Rahmen.Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1884.
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