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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 6, 2019 | Dorotheum | Vienna | Post-War and Contemporary Art II | 455 | $****** - ****** | Stook |
paintings
102 x 100 cm (40.16 x 39.37 in)
oil on canvas
on the reverse signed, dated Grabmayr 1987
Galerie Sandner, Darmstadt
Private Collection, Germany
on the reverse signed, dated Grabmayr 1987, oil on canvas, 102 x 100 cm, framed
Provenance:
Gallery Sandner, Darmstadt
Private Collection, Germany
"... because I have a strong connection to nature. Nature always looks a lot, in terms of color, shape, light and sensations ... "
Franz Grabmayr in: Wolfgang Hingst, Power, Passion, Obsession, 2016
Grabmayr's works were thus created in the midst of nature. Taking long marches in his stride, standing in rushing river, painting atop trailers coupled to tractors, he captures the light and energy of nature on his canvas. His works seem to be lit from the inside out. He uses the impasto technique to apply paint so that he can make light visible and turn into something that is tangible and perceptible, along with the rocks, fields, meadows and woods that they depict.
The large-scale 'sand pit paintings' were created in the 1960s, and this subject would go on to occupy him for many years. He started with earthy tones, ocher and browns, later discovering shades of violet and various nuances of yellow. The intention is to bring the layering, richness and purity of color into harmony with nature. In the 1980s, he added sand, straw and ash to the mix, and expanding his material language. The fire paintings were created from 1983 onwards. The bonfire illuminates the sand pit in a completely new way. The blue of the sky creates a striking contrast against the glow of the orange, flame-red sand walls. Subsequent developments would connect flames to dance, thereby leading to the second major focus of Grabmayr's art: his dance pictures.
