Author: Koschatzky, Walter ; Rudolf von Alt; Gabriela Koschatzky-Elias
Title: Rudolf Von Alt : Mit Einer Sammlung Von Werken Der Malerfamilie Alt Der Raiffeisen Zentralbank ôsterreich Ag
Description: Vienna, Austria, Böhlau Verlag Wien, 2001. 2nd substantially expanded edition. Hardcover. Color illustrated dustjacket with green and black text, green cloth-bound boards with gilt text on spine. (10) 11-417 pp. Features some color and many bw illustrations. "The drawings and watercolors created at that time (in the 1840's by Rudolf's hand) are examples of artistic perfection. The eye and the sureness of the handwriting are of a unique sharpness and precision. They allow the realization of that ideal of the pictorial microcosm that had once found fulfillment in the old masters. Since Durer, hardly any artist has captured the wealth of detail of the visible world in watercolor with such fidelity and accuracy as Alt did at that time. In his drawings he captured the essential accents with a crystal clarity and was able to dispense with the unessential, so that Schiele's drawing skills seem to have been anticipated. Alt forms the bridge between these two masters through creations of old masterly concentration and tremendous modernity of vision." - translated from abstract on dustjacket. VG .

Keywords: European Artists ; Von Alt, Rudolf ; ;


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