Spring

Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

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Lenz studied with Gustav Klimt at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna and in 1897 was a co-founder of the Vienna Secession. In 1903 he accompanied Klimt on a visit to Ravenna, where both artists were deeply impressed by the hieratic style and decorative use of gold in the Byzantine mosaics. This allegorical figure of Spring accompanied by a peacock dates from around 1904. At the left a couple in contemporary dress watch four dancing nymphs. Its large scale suggests that this work was intended for an architectural setting.
Title

Spring

Date

c.1904

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 174.2 x W 365.7 cm

Accession number

NMW A 589

Acquisition method

purchased from Fischer Fine Art Ltd, 1978

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Label: (in fine) Maximilian Lenz (1860 - 1948) Spring, about 1904 1740. Purchased 1978 Lenz was a founder member of the Vienna Secession in 1898 and a friend of Gustav Klimt. Lenz and Klimt visited Italy together in 1903-4 to see the mosaics at Ravenna. The decorative style and use of gold in those mosaics influenced both artists. Not signed or dated

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