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Kunsthalle Mannheim / Margita Wickenhäuser

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Ansicht von Mannheim, Schloss und Rhein

View of Mannheim, Castle and Rhine
1812

Carl Kuntz

(1770-1830)

Material / Technik
oil paint
canvas
Kategorie des Exponats
Malerei
Gattung
landscape painting
Erwerbungsjahr
1873
Maße
53,00 cm x 78,00 cm
Location

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Intro

Carl Kuntz places us on the left bank of the Rhine—before the founding of the city of Ludwigshafen—and opens up a panoramic view of the river and of Mannheim, the city of his birth. The rear of Mannheim Palace is bathed in bright sunlight, and behind it can be seen the observatory and the town hall tower. The city itself looks peaceful and modestly proportioned. The city center is still surrounded by broad fields, and none of the details betray Mannheim’s rapid development in the 1860s as an aspiring industrial center.

Instead, the painter, schooled in the classical ideal landscapes of Claude Lorrain and Nicolas Poussin, depicts a rural idyll in evening light. The cows and goats waiting at the edge of the path are another special feature in the painter’s oeuvre: his animal paintings enjoyed great popularity in the early 19th century. Kuntz himself was to rise to the office of director of the Grand Ducal Gallery in Karlsruhe. His estate has formed the basis of the Kunsthalle’s collection since 1873.

Creditline

Donation Kuntz 1873

Inhalt und Themen
town
Mannheim
river
Ufer
animals
cow
Herde
ships and boats
heaven
clouds
goat
path
ensemble
vastness
landscape
polychrom polychromatic
morning
palace

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