Lot 35

Michael Haubtmann (1843 - 1921) LANDSCAPE WITH ALPINE LAKE

Michael Haubtmann was a German landscape painter, a pupil of Max Haushofer. He studied law, but gave up the profession in 1869 and moved to Munich. He made his living as a landscape painter. His works can be seen mainly in Central Europe, especially in Germany and Austria. He became a master of Romantic landscape painting and, together with Julius Mařák, was judged by the press to be above the level of the contemporary art market. The landscape with the alpine lake reveals his love for landscapes interwoven with water, which he painted constantly. His work with composition - especially his choice of the stagy architecture of the church obscured by trees and the soft golden light in the landscape bravuraly completes the atmosphere of the whole situation.