Fritz Osswald (1878-1966) - Bei Tölz – Winterlicher Gebirgsbach

Bei Tölz – Winterlicher Gebirgsbach, 1936 Fritz Osswald (1878–1966) – Öl auf Holzplatte, signiert, verso bezeichnet und datiert WORK A mountain stream winds through snow-covered land toward the viewer. Its water glows green and turquoise between large snow-covered stones and banks; red-brown scrub glows at the shore, spruce groups stand in the snow, and behind it lies a chain of snow-covered mountains in sunlight. Osswald painted the snow with thick, relief-like brushwork, the shadows violet and blue – that is precisely what he became famous for. Landscape format, 70.5 × 77.4 cm. THE PLACE On the back the painter inscribed the painting himself: “Fritz Osswald 1936 – Bei Tölz”. Bad Tölz lies on the Isar at the edge of the Bavarian pre-alps; Osswald lived since 1922 in Starnberg and repeatedly painted the Upper Bavarian winter landscape en plein air. ARTIST Fritz Osswald was born in 1878 in Hottingen near Zurich as the son of the sculptor Albert Osswald and died in 1966 in Starnberg. He studied from 1897 at the Munich Academy with Wilhelm von Diez and Nikolaos Gyzis, began exhibiting with the Munich Secession from 1904, and in 1913, by invitation of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig, became a member of the Darmstadt Artists’ Colony. His large winter landscapes made him known as the “Winter Painter”; contemporary critics reported that he also painted outdoors in freezing cold. Works are located, among others, in the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt and the Museum Starnberger See. Technique: oil on wood panel. Image size: 70.5 × 77.4 cm Frame size: 78.5 × 87.3 × 4.5 cm Framed weight: 3,800 g Signature: bottom right “Fritz Osswald”. Back: personally labeled “Fritz Osswald 1936” and “Bei Tölz”. ORIGIN From private possession, acquired into our inventory in 2026. CONDITION Good condition. Paint layer dense, very impasto. Not cleaned, not restored. Please view the photos as part of the description. FRAME AND HANGING Simple silver-colored profile frame with edge wear. The frame is part of the lot. SHIPPING Shipped framed, corners and surface protected. Pick-up in Helmstedt possible. Frame: simple silver-colored profile frame; edge wear; back-side corner boards.

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