Stehender Jünglingsakt zwischen Felsen
um 1915
Medium
Öl auf Leinwand
Dimensions
50,5 × 37,5 cm
Classification
Gemälde
Department
Belvedere Collection
Museum
Belvedere
Credit
Belvedere, Vienna
Accession Number
8375
About this artwork
Zu diesem Gemälde existiert eine gerasterte Figurenstudie (Sotheby’s London, Vienna 1900, 23.9.1993, Nr. 173). Das Gemälde wurde in Fälschungsabsicht mit dem Namen Ferdinand Hodlers versehen und gleichzeitig die Lesbarkeit des Nachlassstempels reduziert.
Art Historical Context
Koloman Moser’s “Stehender Jünglingsakt zwischen Felsen,” painted around 1915, captures a solitary nude youth poised between rugged rocks. As one of the leading figures of the Vienna Secession and a co-founder of the Wiener Werkstätte, Moser brought his characteristic sense of rhythm and simplified form to this oil on canvas. The modest scale—50.5 by 37.5 centimeters—invites close viewing, allowing the viewer to appreciate the artist’s careful modulation of light across skin and stone. A surviving gridded figure study reveals Moser’s methodical approach to composition, transferring the pose p...