Picture "On the Downhill Turn" (around 1970)
Picture "On the Downhill Turn" (around 1970)
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limited | signed | inscribed | colour linocut | framed | size 38 x 38 cm
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Picture "On the Downhill Turn" (around 1970)
The Tyrolean artist Peter Waldner is renowned for his colourful and high-contrast depictions of Alpine ski scenes and landscapes. The hand-pulled colour linocut "On the Downhill Turn" portrays a skier descending with professional precision, maintaining parallel skis and a dynamic posture.
His body leans slightly forward while the skis remain almost horizontal. The skier's clothing, unlike today's ski gear, is fashionable and non-technical. By the 1970s, skiing had already become a popular holiday sport. Conquering a mountain, defying the mighty forces of nature, and pushing yourself to your limits have always been a yearning motif for enthusiastic Alpine sportsmen and women.
Hand-printed colour linocut, around 1970, signed and inscribed: "Original Handdruck." Motif size/sheet size 13.5 x 14.5 cm. Size in frame 38 x 38 cm as shown.
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About Peter Waldner
The Tyrolean artist Peter Waldner (*1948 in Austria) is known for his colorful and high-contrast depictions of alpine ski scenes and landscapes.
The field of graphic arts, that includes artistic representations, which are reproduced by various printing techniques.
Printmaking techniques include woodcuts, copperplate engraving, etching, lithography, serigraphy, among others.
Depiction of typical scenes from daily life in painting, with distinctions between rural, bourgeois, and courtly genres.
The genre reached its peak and immense popularity in Dutch paintings of the 17th century. In the 18th century, especially in France, the courtly and gallant painting became prominent, while in Germany, a more bourgeois character developed.