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“Canal Grande with San Geremia” Otto E. Pippel signed

SKU 446

“Canal Grande with San Geremia”, Otto E. Pippel, signed

  • Height: 65cm, Width: 75cm, Depth: 6cm
  • Period: 20th century
    Epoch: Classic modern
    Technique: oil on canvas
    signed bottom right “Otto Pippel”
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    The German painter Otto Eduard Pippel (1878 – 1960) was one of the most important late impressionists in southern Germany. A stay in Paris in 1908, where he encountered the French Impressionists, had a lasting influence on the young artist. Following this meaningful journey, he painted a wide variety of landscapes, still lifes and city vedute in a perfectly impressionist manner, including various views of Venice.

    In this case, it is the church of San Geremia, which Otto Pippel captures as seen from the Grand Canal. The imposing complex with its striking dome and romanic Campanile is located right at the confluence of the Canal Cannaregio and the Canal Grande. This topographical peculiarity is particularly distinguishable on the right-hand side of the picture.

    The composition gives the impression that the artist is heading towards the church in a boat, with his view entirely focused on the shimmering water surface and the sunlit church building. Moving water, luminous architecture, flowing air, these are the ingredients of this painting. He captures them with a dynamic brushstroke and pastose application, the colour palette reduced mainly to yellow and blue tones. The rough texture of the canvas further underlines the movement and the impressionistically ephemeral, whether in the waves or in the flow of the air.

    With the sun-drenched veduta of San Geremia, Pippel succeeds in creating a friendly detailed view of the lagoon city, thus living up to his reputation as a late Impressionist painter.

    Artist

    The German painter Otto Eduard Pippel (1878 – 1960) was one of the most important late impressionists in southern Germany. Trained at the School of Applied Arts in Strasbourg, Karlsruhe and Dresden, he lived and worked in Planegg near Munich from 1909. A stay in Paris in 1908, during which he encountered the French Impressionists, had a lasting influence on the young artist. Following this meaningful journey, he painted a wide variety of landscapes, still lifes and city views in a perfectly impressionist manner. He became famous for his motifs of Munich city life. In addition to genre paintings, alpine mountain landscapes, and studies of trees, vedute of Venice are also found among his themes. Pippel died in 1960 in Planegg.

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