THEODOR BAIERL (1881-1932) - Receive artist alerts » - More items from this artist »
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Oil on panel

32.00cm wide    39.50cm high    (12.60 inches wide  15.55 inches high)

Richard Braungart, Theodor Baierl, Die Kunst für Alle, number 39 1923-4, pages 166-173, illustrated page 166

Theodor Baierl studied at the Munich Academy under Franz von Stuck and Martin Feuerstein. Baierl was an artist born out of his time. He passionately believed in the art, love sonnets, and archaic harmonies of the Medieval era, which in turn became the essence of his paintings. Though his pure colours and attention to detail mirror the art of the Quattrocento, Baierl was no copyist of the old masters. His compositions are very much a product of his own mind, and it is for this reason that underlying these faux old master works can be found the symbolism of the Munich secession. Though not commenting directly on modern society, the art is a product of his time, and his idealisation of the past suggests a dissatisfaction with modern Germany and the monumental upheaval of the First World War.