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(Dahlias and Roses in Blue Pitcher) by Helene von Frauendorfer-Muhlthaler

(Dahlias and Roses in Blue Pitcher) by Helene von Frauendorfer-Muhlthaler

(Dahlias and Roses in Blue Pitcher)

Helene von Frauendorfer-Muhlthaler

Title

(Dahlias and Roses in Blue Pitcher)

 
Artist

Helene von Frauendorfer-Muhlthaler

  1855 - 1933 (biography)
Year
c. 1900  
Technique
color woodcut 
Image Size
10 1/2 x 9 1/8" image 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
 
Annotations
Original Handdruck, in pencil in lower left 
Reference
 
Paper
very fine paper 
State
 
Publisher
 
Inventory ID
KAFA111 
Price
SOLD
Description

A vivid bouquet of summer flowers, blooming from the mouth of a cobalt pitcher, pops off of the surface of the paper in this ca. 1900 color woodcut by German artist Helene von Frauendorfer-Muhlthaler.

Known primarily for her soft, ephemeral Impressionist oil paintings in pastels shades of women and children, as well as still lifes, her graphic work takes a bolder turn. It’s not known where Frauendorfer-Muhlthaler learned the color woodcut technique, but her bold, saturated colors and stylized shapes verge on early 20th century modernism, setting her woodcuts apart from the classical nature of her paintings.