Insel im Attersee

Insel im Attersee is a 1901-1902 landscape painting by the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918).[1][2][3]

Insel im Attersee
ArtistGustav Klimt
Year1901-1902
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions100.5 cm × 100.5 cm (39.6 in × 39.6 in)
Locationprivate collection, japan

The work was created between 1901 and 1902 during Klimt’s summers on Lake Attersee. The painting is an early example of a work executed in the square format Klimt would come to be known for.[4][5]

In May of 2023 the painting sold for $53.2 million at Sotheby's in New York City. The work was sold from the collection of Otto Kallir who exhibited it in the landmark show Saved from Europe at his art venue Galerie St. Etienne in New York City in 1940. The work ostensibly introduced Klimt's work to a North American viewership.[6][7]

From 1898 forward, Klimt spent his summers in the Salzkammergut region of Austria where Lake Attersee is located and it was here that he was able to paint en plein air for the first time.

This painting is one of two that Klimt did if the same view between 1900 and 1902, with first work titled Attersee dating from 1900 now residing in the Leopold Museum in Vienna.[8]

Comparisons of this work to paintings by the French Impressionist Claude Monet have been made in accordance of the two artists similarities in their handling of water.[9]

References
  1. ArtDependence (26 April 2023). "Centerpiece of Gustav Klimt's First Exhibition in America: 'Insel im Attersee' to Make Auction Debut at Sotheby's this May". ArtDependence. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  2. Bregman, Alexandra (16 May 2023). "Sotheby's Sells 'Insel Im Attersee' By Gustav Klimt For $53.2 Million". Forbes. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  3. Carlie Porterfield (25 April 2023). "Rare Gustav Klimt lake landscape to make auction debut in New York". Theartnewspaper.com. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  4. "Insel im Attersee: Gustav Klimt's Landmark Painting to Auction at Sotheby's". 2 May 2023.
  5. https://hyperallergic.com/820814/rare-klimt-landscape-heads-to-auction-in-new-york
  6. Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. "Saved from Europe : Otto Kallir and the history of the Galerie St. Etienne : in commemoration of the Gallery's 60th anniversary / by Jane Kallir | Smithsonian Institution". Si.edu. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  7. Schultz, Abby. "Gustav Klimt's 'Insel im Attersee' Fetches US$53 Million at Sotheby's". www.barrons.com.
  8. https://www.leopoldmuseum.org/en/collection/highlights/145
  9. https://www.sothebys.com/buy/dcb89d4a-5ee3-473c-82fe-c9f834ec8ec6/lots/ef8f246c-b174-46fe-b2f9-b26c864ae853
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