Am Holzrechen
Medium
Aquarell und Gouache über Feder in Schwarz und Bleistift auf braunem Karton
Dimensions
38,4 x 56 cm
Classification
Zeichnung
Department
Belvedere Collection
Museum
Belvedere
Credit
Belvedere, Vienna
Accession Number
435
Art Historical Context
**Am Holzrechen** (At the Log Jam), created by Austrian artist Eduard Peithner von Lichtenfels in 1897, captures a serene yet industrious riverside scene typical of late 19th-century Central European landscapes. Peithner von Lichtenfels, a master of atmospheric outdoor studies, drew inspiration from the natural beauty and working life of Austria's waterways. This work evokes the era's Romantic fascination with nature's power and human labor, where timber rafts symbolized both economic vitality and the sublime force of rivers like the Danube. Rendered in a sophisticated mixed-media technique—a...