Stillleben mit Uhr
um 1914
Medium
Öl auf Leinwand
Dimensions
54 x 70,5 cm
Classification
Gemälde
Department
Belvedere Collection
Museum
Belvedere
Credit
Belvedere, Vienna
Accession Number
5526
Art Historical Context
**Stillleben mit Uhr** (*Still Life with Clock*), by Austrian artist Anton Faistauer 1914, captures quiet elegance of everyday objects in oil on canvas, measuring 54 x 70.5 cm. Housed in the Belvedere Collection in Vienna this work exemplifies the still life genre, a longstanding tradition in European art that invites contemplation of time, transience, and the beauty in the ordinary. The inclusion of a clock in the title suggests a meditation on temporality, a theme resonant in the pre-World War I era. Faistauer, a prominent figure in early 20th-century Austrian painting, trained at the Vienn...