Wilhelm Legler, In front of the farmstead (probably Marchfeld near Vienna). 1937. Wilhelm Legler1875 Pisino, Croatia - 1951 Stillfried, Lower Austria. Oil on canvas. Twice signed "W. Legler" and dated u.l. and u.r. Verso on the stretcher u.l. signed again in fibre pencil "W. Legler" and inscribed "Wien Künstlerhaus", with two historical labels, from 1937 numbered "1062" and from 1938, numbered "954". Framed in a profiled silver-grey wooden moulding. The frame is provided with an old dealer's label on the verso. Wilhelm Legler is considered a picturesque discoverer of the Marchland. Unimpressively soiled, with brownish spots. Partially somewhat cracked due to early shrinkage. Circumferentially frame-related pressure marks and abrasion resp. Canvas at the upper margin partly with small deformations. Painting layer flaw with small loosening at the lower margin. The frame partly bumped, with small missing part at the lower right as well as with cracks in the right visible border. Dimensions: 89.5 x 100 cm, overall 105 x 115.3 cm. Wilhelm Legler 1875 Pisino, Croatia - 1951 Stillfried, Lower Austria From 1897 studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Carl Moll, from 1899 to 1906 in Stuttgart with Robert Poetzelberger, Leopold von Kalckreuth and Adolf Hölzel as well as etching with Alexander Eckener. From 1906 he worked mainly in Vienna and Linz, later also in Dimburg and in Stillfried an der March. From 1929 he lived and worked mainly in Vienna, where he was a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus from 1914. During his time in Stuttgart Legler made numerous etchings. From about 1915 Legler increasingly turned to landscape painting and mainly painted landscapes of the Marchland. His works were exhibited at the Vienna Art Show in 1908 and at the International Art Show in Vienna in 1909. In 1945, Legler's home in Vienna was destroyed by a bombing raid, and with it almost his entire artistic oeuvre. Works by Legler can be found in the Albertina Vienna, the Belvedere Museum Vienna and the Lower Austrian State Museum in St. Pölten, among other places. Legler was married in his first marriage to Margarete Schindler (1880-1942), a stepdaughter of his teacher Carl Moll and sister of Alma Mahler.