Hans Makart

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Hans Makart Paintings 1840 - 1884 Austrian Painter, Academic Classicism

Sinnbild des Frohlichen Lebensgenusses [Symbol of the Merry Life], 1884; Part II

Oil on canvas, 76.77 x 35.43 inches [195 x 90 cm]

Moravska galerie, Czech Republic

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OIL PAINTING: Sinnbild des Frohlichen Lebensgenusses [Symbol of the Merry Life], 1884; Part II
The enthusiasm of the time, the splendour of the fetes over which Makart presided, and the very obvious appeal of his huge compositions in their glowing richness of colour, in which he tried to emulate Rubens, made Makart appear a very giant to his contemporaries in Vienna, and indeed in all Austria and Germany. The appearance of each of Makart's ambitious historical and allegorical paintings was hailed with enthusiasm - the "Catherina Cornaro," "Diana's Hunt," "The Entry of Charles V. into Antwerp," "Abundantia," "Spring," "Summer," "The Death of Cleopatra" and the "Five Senses."