Der alte Gärtner
1933
Medium
Tempera auf Pressplatte
Dimensions
66 x 51 cm
Classification
Tafelbild
Department
Belvedere Collection
Museum
Belvedere
Credit
Belvedere, Vienna
Accession Number
4451
Art Historical Context
**Der alte Gärtner (The Old Gardener)** painted by Udo Weith in 1933, captures a poignant moment in Austrian interwar art. This intimate panel painting (Tafelbild), measuring 66 x 51 cm, depicts an elderly gardener, evoking themes of labor, age, and quiet dignity amid the economic and social turbulence of 1930s Europe. Housed in the Belvedere Collection in Vienna, it reflects the museum's dedication to preserving Austrian works from this transformative era, just before the Anschluss. Weith employed tempera on pressplatte—a pressed board substrate—reviving a medieval technique with modern effi...