

Bathing Boys on a Wall at a Lake (1915)
Ernst Schiess1915 · Landscape · Public domain
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Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1919)
Specifications
- Year
- 1915
- Nationality / school
- Swiss
- Lifespan
- 1872–1919
About the artwork
"Bathing Boys on a Wall at a Lake" (1915) is a work by Ernst Schiess. Figurative, a short history: Figurative art depicts people and recognisable scenes, and it has been central to European painting since antiquity. Portraits, group scenes, studies of the nude, and pictures of daily life all belong to figurative art. Context for 1915: Dada and Surrealism followed the First World War, the Bauhaus school was founded in 1919, and Art Deco became the fashionable decorative style of the 1920s and 1930s. Posters, magazines, and illustrated books were major ways for the public to meet new art and design. The catalogue places it in Figurative. The format is landscape.
"Bathing Boys on a Wall at a Lake" is shown in the onlly.art catalogue for reference and browsing. A landscape format suits wide, low wall spaces such as the stretch above a bed, mantel, or sideboard. Browsing works by the same artist, or from the same period, is a good way to compare styles before choosing what suits your space.
About the artist
Swiss, 1872–1919
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