AUGUST IGNATZ GROSZ (1847-1917) LISTED AUSTRIAN PAINTER AND ARTIST.
THE PAINTING DEPICTS A COURTYARD WITH JESUS ON THE CROSS ABOVE A DOORWAY.
MOST LIKELY THIS IS A SECTION OF SABEN ABBEY WHICH WAS A BENEDICTINE NUNNERY LOCATED NEAR KLAUSE IN SOUTH TYROL, NORTHERN ITALY. IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1687, WHEN IT WAS FIRST SETTLED BY THE NUNS OF NONNBERG ABBEY IN SALZBURG. THE LAST NUNS LEFT THE ABBEY IN 2021.
OIL PAINTING SIGNED LOWER LEFT - A GROSZ
OIL PAINTING ON WOOD PANEL
7" X 12"
ON THE BACK WRITTEN IN PENCIL IS "KLAUSEN TIROL", WHICH IS IN NORTHERN ITALY.
CIRCA LATE 1800'S TO EARLY 1900'S.
THE FRAME IS MORE CONTEMPORARY.
FRAMED SIZE 9 3/4" X 14 1/2".
GOOD CONDITION
August Ignatz Grosz (1847 - 1917) was an Austrian genre and landscape painter as well as etcher.
Grosz studied science at the Vienna University, then from 1868 at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Albert Zimmermann and Eduard Peithner from Lichtenfels, where he was also awarded the golden Füger medal.
He undertook study trips through Germany and France, Italy and North Africa. After returning, he worked as a freelance artist in Vienna.
Since 1872 he had exhibited his works with motifs from Upper Bavaria, Rome and Venice at the Vienna exhibition. From 1873 he was a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus.