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Edmund Kanoldt, preparatory work for "Sappho" In addition to the Arcadian landscapes of the south, the melodramatic myths of antiquity in particular seemed to captivate the artist; in this work, Kanoldt thematises the traditional tales of the most important female poet of antiquity, Sappho (ca. 630-612 BC to ca. 570 BC), about whom Friedrich Schlegel (1772-1829) remarked in 1798: "If we still had the complete Sapphic poems: perhaps we would not be reminded of Homer anywhere.", the later poetic embellishment of the life of the Lesbos-based poet comes from the scene reproduced here, according to which Sappho, out of unrequited love for the beautiful mythical ferryman Phaon, who connected the island of Lesbos with Asia Minor, took her own life by jumping from a rock at Cape Leukatas [today: Kanoldt depicts the dramatic scene in grandiose lighting - dark rocks and threatening storm clouds tower ominously in the background, on a rocky outcrop Sappho, depicted with flowing black hair, seems to hesitate over her decision, while the sea, surging up from the depths, is already trying to take possession of her, Kanoldt created at least four full-scale versions of the present motif, only slightly modified and with varying degrees of detail, one large-format version "Sappho and Leucate" is housed in the Munich Pinakothek, another large-format version was a great success at a Munich auction in 2015, the present version is probably a preparatory small-format, less detailed preparatory work for the compositional recording of the light direction, impasto painting with characterful brushstrokes, oil on mahogany panel, monogrammed and dated "E.K. [18]79", inscribed "E. F. Kanoldt" and applied info on the artist on the reverse, framed in a gilt stucco frame, rebate dimensions approx. 27 x 20.5 cm. Artist information: actually Edmund Friedrich Kanoldt, German landscape painter and illustrator. Landscape painter and illustrator (1845 Großrudestedt near Weimar to 1904 Bad Nauheim), initially trained as a bookseller, from 1864 pupil of Friedrich Preller in Weimar, 1867-72 study visit to Rome, 1872-73 in Munich, 1874, 1878 and 1897-98 further study visits to Italy, 1876-83 studied at the academy in Karlsruhe, then worked in Karlsruhe, 1868 and 1884 stayed at the Kleinsassen artists' colony, illustrated Eichendorff's "Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts" together with Johann Philipp Grotjohann, appointed professor, source: Thieme-Becker, Mülfahrth "Kleines Lexikon Karlsruher Maler", Schmaling "Künstlerlexikon Hessen-Kassel 1777-2000", Müller-Singer, Bantzer "Hessen in der deutschen Malerei", Wollmann "Die Willingshäuser Malerkolonie und die Malerkolonie Kleinsassen" and Wikipedia.

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Edmund Kanoldt, preparatory work for "Sappho" In addition to the Arcadian landscapes of the south, the melodramatic myths of antiquity in particular seemed to captivate the artist; in this work, Kanoldt thematises the traditional tales of the most important female poet of antiquity, Sappho (ca. 630-612 BC to ca. 570 BC), about whom Friedrich Schlegel (1772-1829) remarked in 1798: "If we still had the complete Sapphic poems: perhaps we would not be reminded of Homer anywhere.", the later poetic embellishment of the life of the Lesbos-based poet comes from the scene reproduced here, according to which Sappho, out of unrequited love for the beautiful mythical ferryman Phaon, who connected the island of Lesbos with Asia Minor, took her own life by jumping from a rock at Cape Leukatas [today: Kanoldt depicts the dramatic scene in grandiose lighting - dark rocks and threatening storm clouds tower ominously in the background, on a rocky outcrop Sappho, depicted with flowing black hair, seems to hesitate over her decision, while the sea, surging up from the depths, is already trying to take possession of her, Kanoldt created at least four full-scale versions of the present motif, only slightly modified and with varying degrees of detail, one large-format version "Sappho and Leucate" is housed in the Munich Pinakothek, another large-format version was a great success at a Munich auction in 2015, the present version is probably a preparatory small-format, less detailed preparatory work for the compositional recording of the light direction, impasto painting with characterful brushstrokes, oil on mahogany panel, monogrammed and dated "E.K. [18]79", inscribed "E. F. Kanoldt" and applied info on the artist on the reverse, framed in a gilt stucco frame, rebate dimensions approx. 27 x 20.5 cm. Artist information: actually Edmund Friedrich Kanoldt, German landscape painter and illustrator. Landscape painter and illustrator (1845 Großrudestedt near Weimar to 1904 Bad Nauheim), initially trained as a bookseller, from 1864 pupil of Friedrich Preller in Weimar, 1867-72 study visit to Rome, 1872-73 in Munich, 1874, 1878 and 1897-98 further study visits to Italy, 1876-83 studied at the academy in Karlsruhe, then worked in Karlsruhe, 1868 and 1884 stayed at the Kleinsassen artists' colony, illustrated Eichendorff's "Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts" together with Johann Philipp Grotjohann, appointed professor, source: Thieme-Becker, Mülfahrth "Kleines Lexikon Karlsruher Maler", Schmaling "Künstlerlexikon Hessen-Kassel 1777-2000", Müller-Singer, Bantzer "Hessen in der deutschen Malerei", Wollmann "Die Willingshäuser Malerkolonie und die Malerkolonie Kleinsassen" and Wikipedia.

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