Carl Julius Rudolf Moll (Austrian 1861-1945)
Der Naschmarkt in Wien Mit Der Karlskirche
oil on panel, signed and dated lower left "Carl Moll 1889"
Listed in the online Catalogue Raisonné of the artist Carl Moll by Dr. Cornelia Cabuk in the Austrian Gallery Belvedere, Vienna under the Catalogue Raisonné no. GE 40 as "Der Naschmarkt in Wien mit der Karlskirche"
Size in inches: 23 ½ x 33 ½ (with frame 28 1/4 x 38)
Provenance: Auktionshaus A. Kende, Vienna (1934)
Estate of Thea F.B. Bentley, Vancouver
ZJ21795
This lost painting by Carl Moll has been in a Vancouver private collection for almost a century. The subject matter, the famous vibrant night market in front of the beloved Karlskirche in the center of Vienna, is a theme that Moll painted often. This excellent example, painted on panel, is marked by the Austrian late 19th century realism, with strong contrasts between light and shadow.
The Nightmarket in Vienna with KarlsKirche (the St. Charles Church) is listed in the Catalogue Raisonné of the artist Carl Moll by Dr. Cornelia Cabuk in the Austrian Gallery Belvedere, Vienna under the Catalogue Raisonné no. GE 40. This is the first painting in Carl Moll’s oeuvre of the Nightmarket which he painted seven times, twice in 1889 including this painting and its study. Five views of the Nightmarket were later painted in 1894, one of which is in the collection of the Belvedere, Vienna.
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