6145 - Falat, Julian

Falat, Julian Winter Landscape with a Horse-Drawn Sled. Oil on canvas. 58.5 x 130 cm. Signed and dated "J. Falat [1]903" in the lower right corner. Julian Falat, one of the most significant Polish landscape painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, developed a distinctive artistic style, particularly in his depictions of winter landscapes. This painting illustrates his ability to atmospherically capture the vastness and stillness of a snow-covered plain in subtly nuanced shades of gray, ochre, and violet. The small group of figures with their sled provides a charming focal point of calm within the expansive landscape. The composition is closely related to Falat’s widely varied winter landscapes, such as *Winter Landscape with a River* (1907) or *Winter Landscape from Żywiec* (1909), both in the National Museum in Warsaw. In these works, the artist combines a panoramic view of the natural landscape with an Impressionist sensibility for light and color. His intense engagement with the winter landscape made snow a central theme of his work and established his special standing within Polish Modernism. Provenance: Private collection, Eichendorfstraße 9, Sopot. Maria Luise Friederike Lore Gante, née Walter (1913, Sopot near Gdańsk – 2001, Berlin). Her son Manfred Gante (1944, Sopot near Gdańsk – 2016, Berlin). In the family’s possession ever since, Berlin. - Please ask for condition reports for the lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalog. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalog.