Alexander Rothaug

Studies of Oreithyia

two chalk and pencil drawings
 

Alexander Rothaug (Vienna 1870-1946 Vienna)


Study of Oreithyia 1 

a study for the painting Boreas und Oreithyia


pencil and chalk in black and red, heightened with white, partly with brush samples, on gray vellum paper

Pencil or chalk in black and

red, heightened with white, partly with brush samples, on gray

vellum

Chalk in black and white and pencil
on brownish vellum

approx. 32,8 x 23,5 cm

signed lower right: "Alexander Rothaug"


The Daulton Collection 



Provenance: 


ex coll. artist Ernst Fuchs, Vienna



Discussion:


"Violently moving folds and swinging cloths are given an iridescent shimmer as Rothaug accentuates the body contours hidden or only partially covered underneath in red. Thus, the woman’s body appears before our eyes both dressed in strips of fabric and bare."  B



 

Alexander Rothaug (Vienna 1870-1946 Vienna)


Study of Oreithyia 2 

a study for the painting Boreas und Oreithyia


Pencil, heightened in white and with

color samples in the margin, on gray or brown vellum

Pencil or chalk in black and

red, heightened with white, partly with brush samples, on gray

vellum

Chalk in black and white and pencil
on brownish vellum

pencil, heightened in white and with color samples in the margin, on brown vellum paper


The Daulton Collection 



Provenance: 


ex coll. artist Ernst Fuchs, Vienna



Discussion:


"The colorful accents of the color samples enliven the graceful nude studies in which Rothaug formulates the faces in detail."  B

 

Contact:


The Daulton Collection

thedaultoncollection@outlook.com