RUDOLF QUITTNER
| About the artist | Troppau (Austrian Silesia) 1872 – 1910 Neuilly-sur-Seine |
| Marked | Signed lower right: Rud. Quittner Stamped on the back: Leon Besnard, “suppliers and transporters of paintings from 1902-1912” |
| Dimensions | Unframed: H 130 cm, W 193 cm Framed: H 159 cm, W 221 cm |
| Material | Oil on canvas, cleaned, varnished, retouching and one small repair on the back, original frame, excellent condition |
| Provenance | private property, USA |
| Literature | U. Thieme/F. Becker (ed.), Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler, Von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, vol. 27, Leipzig, 1933, p. 530 |
Moret-sur-Loing = small town on the Île-de-France.
Quittner's teacher, Alfred Sisley, spent the last years of his life there.
Sisley's depictions of the Seine and its tributaries and bridges in then Parisian suburbs are famous and probably served as a model for Quittner's painting (the bridge, which was unfortunately blown up during the Second World War, architecture, the tranquil river Loing ...).
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