Ferdinand von Wright
Summer Landscape.
Found at
Bukowski,
Helsinki
International Spring Sale, Helsinki F159, Lot 251
25. May - 26. May 2011
International Spring Sale, Helsinki F159, Lot 251
25. May - 26. May 2011
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 EUR
Price realised: 37.000 EUR
Price realised: 37.000 EUR
Description
Sign. 1877. Oil on canvas, 80x105
With his studies of birds in their natural habitat, Ferdinand von Wright attained immediate popularity among Finnish art lovers. This was in part due to the exact, detailed rendering of the birds; every feather was minutely depicted. Today, von Wright remains a highly regarded artist, and his painting "The fighting capercailles" , executed in 1886, is considered to be one of the all time best loved paintings by a Finnish artist. Although all the von Wright brothers became well-known painters, Ferdinand was the only one the three brothers to have had any formal artistic training. He studied painting at art academies both abroad, in Dresden and Stockholm, and later in Finland where he was R.W. Ekman’s pupil. Ferdinand von Wright also developed great skill as a landscape painter who often depicted the area around Haminanlax, his beloved home, not far from Kuopio. During his travels in Finland, Von Wright eagerly painted the landscapes that he discovered. Nature was his greatest source of inspiration, he rarely painted people, and when he did, they were usually assigned the role of walkers-on whose main task was to balance the composition of the painting. In Helsingfors Tidningar, Zacharias Topelius praised View of Haminanlax, painted in 1853, describing the painting as being “a new verse of Vårt Land” and S. Elmgren wrote in Litteraturbladet that “ Never has a Finnish landscape been painted with such realism and such artistic idealism as can be seen here, in this masterpiece.” Inspired by national romantic ideals, artists travelled into the wilderness in order to paint primordial, untouched Finnish nature. These paintings became important visual symbols for the young, struggling nation. Nothing captures the Finnish soul as well as a lake landscape. During the 1870s Ferdinand von Wright’s health began to fail him, but this didn’t prevent him from painting, he worked continually up to his death in 1906. Much of his work from this period is of extremely hig
With his studies of birds in their natural habitat, Ferdinand von Wright attained immediate popularity among Finnish art lovers. This was in part due to the exact, detailed rendering of the birds; every feather was minutely depicted. Today, von Wright remains a highly regarded artist, and his painting "The fighting capercailles" , executed in 1886, is considered to be one of the all time best loved paintings by a Finnish artist. Although all the von Wright brothers became well-known painters, Ferdinand was the only one the three brothers to have had any formal artistic training. He studied painting at art academies both abroad, in Dresden and Stockholm, and later in Finland where he was R.W. Ekman’s pupil. Ferdinand von Wright also developed great skill as a landscape painter who often depicted the area around Haminanlax, his beloved home, not far from Kuopio. During his travels in Finland, Von Wright eagerly painted the landscapes that he discovered. Nature was his greatest source of inspiration, he rarely painted people, and when he did, they were usually assigned the role of walkers-on whose main task was to balance the composition of the painting. In Helsingfors Tidningar, Zacharias Topelius praised View of Haminanlax, painted in 1853, describing the painting as being “a new verse of Vårt Land” and S. Elmgren wrote in Litteraturbladet that “ Never has a Finnish landscape been painted with such realism and such artistic idealism as can be seen here, in this masterpiece.” Inspired by national romantic ideals, artists travelled into the wilderness in order to paint primordial, untouched Finnish nature. These paintings became important visual symbols for the young, struggling nation. Nothing captures the Finnish soul as well as a lake landscape. During the 1870s Ferdinand von Wright’s health began to fail him, but this didn’t prevent him from painting, he worked continually up to his death in 1906. Much of his work from this period is of extremely hig
Auction result misses estimated price range
This work of art by Ferdinand von Wright could be acquired at Bukowski in Helsinki in May 2011 for an unexpectedly low price. In the International Spring Sale, Helsinki F159 auction, the work Summer Landscape. changed hands for EUR 37,000.00 - missing the lower end of the estimate range of EUR 40,000.00 – 60,000.00. Other works by Ferdinand von Wright have also sold for higher prices; the highest price we have seen at auction so far was achieved in December 2011 by the work " A Bevy Of Ptarmigans By The River". at EUR 62,000.00.
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Dieses Kunstwerk von Ferdinand von Wright konnte im Mai 2011 bei Bukowski in Helsinki für einen unerwartet niedrigen Preis ersteigert werden. In der Auktion International Spring Sale, Helsinki F159 wechselte die Arbeit Summer Landscape. für EUR 37.000,00 den Besitzer – und verfehlte damit das untere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von EUR 40.000,00 – 60.000,00. Andere Arbeiten von Ferdinand von Wright wurden auch schon teurer gehandelt; den höchsten Preis, den wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachten konnten, erzielte im Dezember 2011 die Arbeit " A Bevy Of Ptarmigans By The River". mit EUR 62.000,00.
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