Caption

Landscape, sketch for Strange Garden, Mehoffer, Józef 1869–1946 painter, trees, sketches, Kraków Lesser Poland Voivodeship, gardens, Young Poland style, landscapes, 1902–1903, painting; dimensions: 16 × 23.8 cm; with frame: 27.5 × 35.4 × 4.5 cm PMID, A painted scene of a grassy landscape with a group of trees, showing broad brushstrokes and thick paint. The dominant colors are various shades of green, with darker green in shadowed areas and lighter green in sunlit patches, plus touches of brown and ochre in the tree trunks and canopy, and hints of purple and muted orange in some branches. The composition is framed by a pale, worn frame that is off-white and beige, with visible scuffs and corner joints. The foreground shows a stretch of lighter green ground, while the middle and background contain darker greens and layered foliage, with several slender trunks and leaning branches breaking the green fields. The paint texture is visible, with swirling strokes and areas of blended color creating a sense of layered vegetation.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A16_358

License type

Rights managed

Available size

34.5Mb (2.8Mb) / 14.1in x 9.5in / 4218 x 2862 (300dpi)

Keywords

Landscape sketch Strange Garden Mehoffer Józef 1869–1946 painter trees sketches Kraków Lesser Poland Voivodeship gardens Young Poland style landscapes 1902–1903 painting dimensions frame Pmid painted scene grassy landscape group showing broad brushstrokes thick paint dominant colors various shades green darker green shadowed areas lighter green sunlit patches plus touches brown ochre tree trunks canopy hints purple muted orange branches composition framed pale worn frame off-white beige visible scuffs corner joints foreground stretch lighter green ground middle background contain darker greens layered foliage several slender trunks leaning branches breaking green fields paint texture visible swirling strokes areas blended color creating sense layered vegetation.