866 - Alpine painter, high alpine landscape, alpine farm, torrent, rocky peaks, probably mid-20th century

Alpine painter, high alpine landscape, alpine farm, torrent, rocky peaks, probably mid-20th century Oil on canvas, signed lower right (unresolved), below it probably inscribed with place, probably mid-20th century, high mountain landscape, on a green slope an alpine farmstead with white masonry ground floor, wooden upper floor with gallery and flat roof, beside it an outbuilding and a wooden fence, coniferous trees on both sides, in the foreground a mountain torrent between boulders, behind it rugged, partly snow-covered rocky peaks under a cloudy sky, good age-appropriate condition, craquelure, small paint losses in places, canvas dented at the centre, smaller dents on the left side, image 80.5x70.5 cm (HxW), framed, frame width 6.5 cm The alpine hut before a rugged high mountain backdrop with mountain stream is among the most popular subjects of 20th-century Alpine painting. The farmstead depicted, with masonry ground floor, wooden upper floor and gallery, corresponds to the type of the mountain farmhouse in Tyrol and South Tyrol. The rugged rocky peaks are reminiscent of the Dolomites, without a specific peak being identifiable. The picture is painted in impasto with brush and palette knife.