Sandy Path with Distant Panorama

1895

Felix Hollenberg

Associated Names
Felix Hollenberg

Artist, German, 1868 - 1945

The image depicts a landscape seen from a slightly elevated viewpoint. The horizon is high on the canvas, separating the sky from the distant land. In the distance, flat land with trees and structures leads to the horizon. A dirt path winds through lush foliage with detailed textured trees and bushes nearby. The detailed painting technique adds depth and texture, using intricate stippling and cross-hatching. The color palette is mainly browns and beiges, giving a vintage or sepia-toned look to the image.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with aquatint and roulette

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 32 x 22 cm (12 5/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 52 x 33 cm (20 1/2 x 13 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.298

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schahl 1968, no. 39

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Martin Sumers Graphics, New York); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased April 25, 1979; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1968

  • Schahl, Adolf. Felix Hollenberg: Das graphische Werk. Munich, 1968: no. 39 (CHECK)

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Felix Hollenberg '95; lower right in graphite: Felix Hollenberg

Wikidata ID

Q76556563

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