Umarmung

About this artwork

Rückseitig: Gemälde von unbekannter Hand um 1930, bezeichnet: "Blick auf die Dominikanerkirche in Wien"

Art Historical Context

**Umarmung (Embrace)** by Wilhelm List, created around 1905, is a striking oil on canvas painting measuring 107.5 x 93 cm, now housed in Vienna's prestigious Belvedere Collection. This title, translating to "Embrace," a tender moment of human connection—likely a romantic or familial scene rendered in the rich, luminous medium of oil. At the turn of the 20th century in Vienna, oil on canvas remained a favored choice for artists capturing emotional depth and texture, allowing List to layer colors and build dramatic light and shadow over this substantial portrait-scale surface. List, an Austrian...