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Pokušitel, PO 1760 Norbert NGrund (1717-1767)
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Design: Milos Ondráček Ersttag: 13.12.2017
Painter's Studio (Visit to a Studio)
Artist: Norbert Grund (Bohemian, 1717-1767)
Date: ca. 1765
Medium: Oil on beerchwood
Collection: National Gallery Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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Lady on a Swing - Gallant Scene in the Park Ι
1760
Norbert Grund (1717–1767) Czech National Gallery Prague
Norbert Grund (1717-1767) - Scène de la Commedia dell’Arte, v.1755, huile sur toile
Krajina s troskami okrouhlého chrámu (Landscape with the Ruins of a Circular Temple), Norbert Grund (1717 - 1767), c. 1760
Grund’s poetic depiction of the scene and its idyllic atmosphere conceal a symbol of extinction and end of all worldly things - the landscape at nightfall with the range of mountains in the background will soon be veiled by darkness, which will consume the ruins of the little temple in the foreground of the composition. The waning fame of the sanctuary, consecrated to Venus, the goddes of love (or, according to earlier interpretations, to Diana), is animated by figures of nymphs, one of whom worships the goddes with a burnt offering. Capricious satyrs are ready to tempt the graceful nymphs to erotic rollicking. The construction of the space of the painting is very close to the Baroque stage-like concept, whose primary characteristic was the building of illusive spatial depth.
It is currently part of the Schwarzenberg Palace gallery in Prague
GRUND, Norbert
Bohemian painter (b. 1717, Praha, d. 1767, Praha)
Landscape with Pedestrians
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Oil on zinc, 32 x 23 cm
Private collection
GRUND, Norbert
Bohemian painter (b. 1717, Praha, d. 1767, Praha)
Landscape with Pedestrians
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Oil on zinc, 32 x 23 cm
Private collection
Bohemian painter. He was the son of the painter Christian Grund (c. 1686-1751) and brother to the painters Frantisek Karel Grund (1721-43), Petr Pavel Christian Grund (1722-84).
During his formative years in Vienna he was influenced by Franz de Paula Ferg and the Venetian Baroque painting, however, the main influences came from the French Rococo painting. In the 1750s and 1760s he combined the Dutch subjects with the light and colours of the Rococo.
He produced hundreds of small format paintings, mainly landscapes and genre scenes. He was a leading figure of the Bohemian Rococo painting.
The painting has a companion-piece in the same private collection.
