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Franz Priking"Cityscape in France, " Franz Priking, Large Vertical Modern French Town Scene1957
1957
About the Item
Franz Priking (1927 - 1979)
Cityscape in France, n.d.
Oil on canvas
46 x 32 inches
Signed and dated lower left
Provenance:
Private Collection, New York
Lempika Gallery
Born in 1929, Franz Priking was primarily influenced by the 1930s. During the 1930s, many political ideologies such as Marxist Socialism, Capitalist Democracy, and the Totalitarianism of both Communism and Fascism were engaged in struggles for power, and epitomized the political atmosphere of the era. In the United States, the Great Depression had a severe impact on artistic output, and artists began to focus on the idea of modesty and of the ordinary man on the streets. The focus of art in the United States also began to take a more political turn for the first time, and artists used these subjects and ideas to endeavor to impact society. Topics such as poverty, lack of affordable housing, anti-lynching, anti-fascism, and workers' strikes became prevalent in the work of a number of artists. In the Soviet Union, Stalin’s government was in dire need of urgent funds to implement the industrialization of the Five Year Plan. In a covert bid to acquire funds, the government proposed to sell off assets from the State Hermitage Museum in Leningrad (St. Petersburg), which included some two hundred and fifty paintings by the Old Masters, a number of which had been deemed irreplaceable. Many of the pieces came to be owned by Andrew Mellon, via the New York based art dealing company, Knoedler. In Europe, Surrealism continued to be prominent, and had grown to have influence worldwide. Leading artists took the ideas posed by Surrealism and incorporated them into their pioneering political philosophies, creating a new kind of magic realism. This was epitomized in the work of artists such as Frida Kahlo and Diego Riviera in Mexico. By the end of the decade, the Second World War had begun, having been aided by Adolf Hitler’s rise to power in Germany in 1933. This political furor would go on to preoccupy both artists and the global population.
Priking's auction record is $63,000.
- Creator:Franz Priking
- Creation Year:1957
- Dimensions:Height: 51 in (129.54 cm)Width: 37.5 in (95.25 cm)
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- Condition:Excellent.
- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU184129923452
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