Picture "Nine Ducks in Early Spring", framed
Picture "Nine Ducks in Early Spring", framed
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limited, 499 copies | reproduction, Giclée print on canvas | on stretcher frame | framed | size 38 x 60 cm (h/w)
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Picture "Nine Ducks in Early Spring", framed
Original privately owned.
Reproduced using the Fine Art Giclée process directly onto 100% cotton artist canvas and mounted on a stretcher frame for brilliant, authentic reproduction. A valuable solid wood gallery frame completes the sophisticated appearance. Limited edition 499 copies. Stretcher frame size 30 x 52 cm (h/w). Framed size 38 x 60 cm (h/w).
Producer: ars mundi Edition Max Büchner GmbH, Bödekerstraße 13, 30161 Hanover, Germany Email: info@arsmundi.de
About Alexander Koester
1864-1932
Alexander Koester's specialisation in the theme of ducks makes him one of the greatest animal painters in the history of art. In a late Impressionist manner, he virtuously reproduced reflecting water surfaces and duck plumage shimmering in light and shadow. This made him successful. In 1904, Koester was awarded a gold medal at the World's Fair in St. Louis, and he received another gold medal from Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria. Starting in 1908, the artist regularly visited Lake Constance to paint large expanses of water in all kinds of weather. Today, Koester's paintings are sought after by collectors from all over the world and constantly achieve new record sums at auctions.
Giclée = derived from the French verb gicler "to squirt, to spray".
The Giclée method is a digital printing process. It is a high-resolution, large-format print produced with an inkjet printer using special different-coloured dye- or pigment-based inks (usually six to twelve). The inks are lightfast, meaning they are resistant to harmful UV light. They provide a high level of nuance, contrast, and saturation.
The Giclée process is suitable for art canvases, handmade paper and watercolour paper as well as silk.
An intellectual movement that spread from literature and philosophy into the visual arts, it was established around 1800 but failed to produce its own style in the visual arts.
The art of Romanticism was determined by the content of the awareness of life and the sensations triggered by it. Inner feelings and emotions, dreams and fantasy, world and nature, the power of myth, and the striving towards infinity became central themes. The actual realm of Romanticism lies in painting and drawing. Landscape, in particular, came to the fore as a recurring theme, depicting the relationship between humans and nature while reflecting emotional states. Alongside a newfound appreciation for nature, there was a renewal of religious attitudes and a return to the past, tradition, history, old legends, and fairy tales, as well as to the art of old masters and epochs. Especially in the case of Germany, this was strongly national-oriented art.
The main representatives in Germany include C.D. Friedrich, P.O. Runge, J.A. Koch, M. v. Schwind, and the Nazarene group of artists. The French branch of Romanticism, which followed different tendencies than its German counterpart, is best exemplified by the art of Delacroix.
Romanticism lasted until around 1830.