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Details of object number: 4703097
Title:Landschaft (later on assigned title)
Object name:tableau
Collection:Provincial Council of South Tyrol
Created by:Weber-Tyrol, Hans (Schwaz, 1874-10-31 - Eppan a.d. Weinstraße/Appiano sulla Strada del Vino, 1957-07-14)
Production period:1. Hälfte 20. Jahrhundert
Description:Mountain landscape with buildings
Hist. crit. notes:Hailing from Schwaz, Hans Josef Weber-Tyrol (1874 – 1957) was, from a young age, fascinated by the natural sciences. After completing his studies at the Arts and Crafts Department of the Staatsgewerbeschule business school in Innsbruck in 1892, he began working at the K.K. Hofburgtheater in Vienna with Ladin painter Franz A. Rottonara from Corvara/Kurfar. His first independent commission arrived a year later, when he refurbished the Passionstheater Thiersee theatre in Kufstein, near Germany. Coming ahead of 30 contestants, he also went on to win a provincial scholarship at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, where, between 1894 and 1896, he studied under Gabriel von Hackl, Nikolaus Gysis and Paul Höcker. Weber-Tyrol also worked with Zettler, an acclaimed stained-glass painter in Munich. In 1905 he met Albin Egger-Lienz, painting en plein air works for lithographic posters at the new Valsugana, San Vigilio and Stubaitalbahn cableway stations. Between 1908 and 1912, he enjoyed longer sojourns in Rome. Moving to Cermes/Tscherms with Josef Garber in 1910, Weber received new commissions for posters of the Vigiljoch cable car, and the Wandelhalle arcade in Merano. In 1914 he changed his surname to Weber-Tyrol, and, by the end of World War I, had achieved fame-even as he commuted between Munich, Schwaz and South Tyrol. During his extended stay in Nervi on the Italian Riviera, an entry in his diary dated 2 February 1930 read: "Die herrliche wilde Bestie Natur! Gewaltige Brandung" [Violent waves-magnificent wild beasts of nature!]. After his marriage to Christa Matscher from Silandro/Schlanders in 1928, they were initially guests of painter Robert Graf du Parc at Rubein Castle in Merano. They then moved to Scena/Schenna for 17 months before finally settling in Appiano/Eppan in 1933. Unfortunately, Hans Josef Weber-Tyrol's postwar popularity was unmatched by financial success, and his final years were lived out in Merano until his death in 1957.
His landscapes, still life paintings and occasional portraits, showed that Weber's primary interest lay in the natural world. His two paintings in the Bolzano Provincial Council building depict snow-covered barns with wintery mountains in the background and two houses in a mountainous setting. (Markus Neuwirth, Moving between North and South, in: Art in the Provincial Council of South Tyrol, Bolzano/Bozen 2024, pp. 159, 161, 228-229)
His landscapes, still life paintings and occasional portraits, showed that Weber's primary interest lay in the natural world. His two paintings in the Bolzano Provincial Council building depict snow-covered barns with wintery mountains in the background and two houses in a mountainous setting. (Markus Neuwirth, Moving between North and South, in: Art in the Provincial Council of South Tyrol, Bolzano/Bozen 2024, pp. 159, 161, 228-229)
Material:water colour
paper
paper
Technique:gemalt
Dimensions:
- height: 24 cm
width: 37.5 cm
gerahmt height: 42.5 cm
width: 60 cm
Physical description:Mischtechnik auf Papier
Keyword:Landscape