7. Rudolf Pöschmann (1878–1945)
Rudolf Pöschmann (1878–1945)
View of Bautzen, 1919:
Oil on canvas, 85.5 × 116 / 101 × 131.5 cm
Signature in the lower right: POESCHMANN. DRESDEN:
Carl Julius Rudolf Pöschmann was a German genre and landscape painter, born in 1878. His talent was first noticed by his teacher in Plauen, Hermann Reinstein (1844–1935). The artist studied in Munich from 1896, where he learned painting under Johann Caspar Herterich. He later continued his education in Dresden under Carl Bantzer and Gotthard Kuehl.
He belonged to the Association of German Artists in Dresden, founded in 1909.
Active in Dresden.
He regularly travelled during the summer for plein-air painting trips throughout Saxony—most often Lusatia, Vogtland, Austria, Switzerland, and France. He died in 1954.
Description:
The landscape depicts a view of the historic buildings of a charming, small town.
The main architectural features are two towers: a church tower with a pointed roof and the church body attached to it, and a fortress situated in the centre. Both structures rise above numerous buildings with gable roofs, standing on both sides of an open canal that flows from the lower left corner of the composition.
In the lower right corner, there is an embankment covered with light green grass. Lush trees grow around the buildings. In the distance, stretches a flat landscape.
On the horizon, a row of evenly spaced trees is visible. The sky is bright. Sunlight, filtering through thick clouds, casts long rays of light from the left.
The artist used a palette typical for his work, with browns dominating the architecture. The light is highlighted with shades of yellow, while the shadows are rendered in an intense cornflower blue, transitioning into pale violet. The paint is applied with sweeping brushstrokes; particularly in the sky, the sunbeams reveal very clear traces of the brush.
The painting is signed in the lower right corner: RUD. POESCHMANN. Next to it, in smaller block letters and less clearly, is the inscription DRESDEN 19.