Stadt mit Viadukt

Art Historical Context

### Stadt mit Viadukt Visitors to the Belvedere Collection Vienna are treated to *Stadt mit Viadukt* (*City with Viaduct*), a captivating oil on canvas by Louis Casimir Ladislas Marcsis, painted around 1930. Measuring 46 x 61 cm, this work captures the artist's fascination with urban landscapes during the interwar years. Marcoussis, a Polish-born painter who settled in Paris, was a key figure in the Cubist movement, influenced by pioneers like Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. By the 1930s, his style had evolved into a more lyrical, colorful Cubism, blending geometric fragmentation with vibra...