"Brand in Dachau" (‘Fire in Dachau’) Franz Skarbina

The National Gallery in Berlin holds a pair of paintings of the same dimensions as this one, entitled ‘Evening in the Village (Motif in Dachau)’ (ID No. A I 619). It depicts the same view of a village, with a pond in the foreground. However, the Berlin work is an idyllic view in the evening light, whilst in the present work the peaceful village landscape is transformed into a dramatic scene through the depiction of a fire. Ms Bröhan writes: "The house, previously depicted as solid and sturdy, stands ablaze; smoke and fumes hang over the village. The archives of the town of Dachau make no mention of a fire. Did Skarbina invent the event?" (p. 140). | 1849 - Berlin - 1910 | Moderne Kunst | Gemälde | Nummer: 2850748 | Provenance: Kunsthandel Volker Westphal, Berlin, verso auf dem Keilrahmen mit Etikett; Privatsammlung, Baden-Württemberg, 1984 bei Vorgenanntem erworben.

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