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Austrian Peasants with a Horse and Cart, with a View of Vienna in the Distance (Main View)
Johann Adam Klein
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
During the Napoleonic era (1799 - 1815), Austria had seen an influx of German artists. The trend persisted even after peace returned in 1815, as German artists continued to be attracted to the beauty and character of the Austrian countryside and its inhabitants.
This fresh watercolor conflates three of Johann Adam Klein's primary artistic interests: scenes of daily life, horses, and landscapes. It also reveals his layered working method: he began with energetic pencil drawing and then applied watercolor with varying degrees of density to provide bursts of color.
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- Title: Austrian Peasants with a Horse and Cart, with a View of Vienna in the Distance (Main View)
- Creator: Johann Adam Klein
- Date Created: 1816–1818
- Location Created: Germany
- Physical Dimensions: 13.5 × 20.1 cm (5 5/16 × 7 15/16 in.)
- Type: Drawing
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Watercolor over graphite (recto); graphite (verso)
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 2009.66
- Culture: German
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: Johann Adam Klein (German, 1792 - 1875)
- Classification: Drawings (Visual Works)
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