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林茨的风景 (34.0 cm x 25.0 cm)
英文说明
A pencil on linen textured paper sketch signed "Adolf Hitler" and dated "1908" of the Vienna period.
This drawing depicts the skyline of Linz, as viewed from the Urfahr suburbs across the Danube River in a landscape orientation. The bridge, castle, and cathedral, as well as other prominent landmarks of the time are drawn in excellent detail. This particular scene, from this vantage point is described: "Although Linz resembled a large market town with seven or eight stately buildings to testify to its medieval magnificence, it was the cultural center of Upper Austria. A bridge across the Danube led to the suburb of Urfahr, which lay in the shadow of a small mountain called the Postlingberg. From the mountaintop there unfolded a wonderful panorama of the city and the surrounding plains. It was a view that the young dilettante [Hitler] especially admired." And, "A handful of his architectural drawings made at that time have survived, and they show that he was capable of extraordinarily bold designs...."
Further, in a 1908 letter from Adolf Hitler to a friend, Gustl Kubizek, he asks ".... Would you be so good as to buy for me a copy of "Guide to the Danube City of Linz," not the Wrl, but the actual Linz one published by Krakowitzer. On the cover there is a picture of a girl from Linz, and in the background there is Linz seen from the Danube with the bridge and the castle...."
Payne speculates from this letter that Hitler was continuing to work on his plans for the reconstruction of Linz, and that Hitler continued to maintain an interest in this city enough to spend 60 Kronen for this guidebook, not an insignificant sum of money in those early days.
This particular drawing was acquired in its original frame, mat, and glass. In order to preserve it from any further deterioration, it has been remounted, hinged, matted and framed with museum-quality, acid-free, UV resistant materials |
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