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Prince Dietrichstein and His Sisters in the Park of the Schloss Weidlingau, near Vienna

Artist Oskar Kokoschka (Austrian, 1886 - 1980)

CultureAustrian

Date1916

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions59 1/2 x 78 3/4 in. (151.1 x 200 cm)
Overall, Frame: 72 1/2 x 81 x 1 3/4 in. (184.2 x 205.7 x 4.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.667

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 220

DescriptionThis is an oil on canvas painting of four members of an aristocratic Austrian family: the Dietrichsteins are shown in a park near Vienna. The canvas is unfinished but the figures still portray individuality and psychological insight, despite being undetailed. It is composed of broad, agitated brush strokes.

Label TextOskar Kokoschka Austrian, 1886-1980 Prince Dietrichstein and His Sisters in the Park of Schloss Weidlingau, near Vienna, 1916 Oil on canvas, 71¼" x 79-3/4" Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., 71.667 ProvenancePrivate collection, Munich; M.A. May , St. Louis; E. & A. Silberman Galleries, New York, 1959; Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.; Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. to the Chrysler Museum, 1971. Exhibition History"O. Kokoschka, The Work of a Painter," Galerie Welz, Salzburg, Austria, 1958. (Exhib. cat. no. 109). "Exhibition 1959," Paintings from the Galleries' Collection, E. & A. Silberman Galleries, New York, Nov. 3 - 21, 1959. (Exhib. cat. no. 16). "The Controversial Century 1850-1950," Chrysler Art Museum of Provincetown, Massachusetts, and National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1962. (Exhib. cat. not paged). "Come Together, Right Now: The Art of Gathering," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, October 11, 2020 - January 3, 2021.Published ReferencesHans Maria Wingler. _Oskar Kokoschka: Das Werk des Malers_. Salzberg. 1956. No. 109, p. 306. Foreword by Charles F. Comfort, LL.D., and an introduction by William S.A. Dale, Ph.D. _The Controversial Century: 1850-1950_. Chrysler Art Museum of Provincetown, Massachusetts. 1962: not paged. Chrysler Museum. _Selections from the Permanent Collection: The Chrysler Museum_. Norfolk, VA: Chrysler Museum of Art. 1982: p. 72. Jefferson C. Harrison. _The Chrysler Museum Handbook of the European and American Collections: Selected Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings_. The Chrysler Museum. 1991. p. 176, #133.