Skip to main content

Walter Strobl Paintings

Austrian, b. 1968
Die Arbeiten von Walter Strobl, egal ob auf Leinwand oder Papier, sind im Grunde Palimpseste: Strobl zerlegt zunächst Gesehenes in Grundbauformen, nimmt diese her und setzt sie in seiner Malerei (ebenso in Zeichnung und Grafik) neu zusammen. Das Handwerkliche ist dabei zentraler Bestandteil für dieses kreative Spiel mit den reduzierten und zugleich verdichteten Bausteinen des Visuellen. Am Ende steht ein Werk vor dem Betrachter, das dieses Tanzen der Grundbauformen fortschreibt, mitunter bekannte Wahrnehmungsbilder mit dem neuen Bildraum in Konkurrenz setzt. Die Vedute, das Stillleben, aber auch der Akt werden Anstoß für ein Spiel des Sehens. Das Sich-Verlieren im Sehvorgang erscheint dabei angereichert um die Erkenntnis, wie konstruiert letztlich unsere Wahrnehmung ist, wie sehr wir die Welt selbst, dem Maler gleich, konturieren. Strobls Malerei erinnert zugleich an die Konstruiertheit der Welt im Allgemeinen: Seine Stadtansichten, Bilder von Räumen und Passagen verweisen feinsinnig darauf, dass wir uns eigentlich immer schon durch arrangierte Wirklichkeiten bewegen. „Eine Stadt oder ein Fluss in einem Flussbett ist eigentlich auch eine Form eines absurden Silllebens“, befindet der Maler, der diese Wirklichkeit mit der Schonungslosigkeit eines Giorgio Morandi ins Auge fasst. Der Mensch in den Bildern von Walter Strobl erscheint wiederum eingezwängt in eine künstlich geschaffene Enge. Seine, wie er sie nennt, „Geworfenen“, sie sind letztlich Kreaturen, die mit der Kraft der Verzweiflung die letzten Freiräume für das Körperliche erobern müssen: Jeder Bewegung steht hier eine physische Grenze entgegen. Strobls Bildräume verweisen immer auf das Ergebnis menschlicher Eingriffe. Nicht unbedingt muss der Mensch in den Bildern dabei auftauchen. Der Mensch, er hat aber stets sichtbare Spuren, Abdrücke seines Tuns, hinterlassen. „Environments“ nennt Strobl seine Kompositionen gerne. Grenzziehungen zwischen der belebten und unbelebten Welt werden in diesen Umgebungen eigentlich hinfällig. Die Raffinesse der Bildwelten Walter Strobls besteht in der Inszenierung einer mitunter fast beiläufig in den Blick genommenen Wirklichkeit. In seinen Dachlandschaften gehören Baukräne oder Antennen ebenso zum Inventar wie die klassischen, so gerne als „pittoresk“ bezeichneten Elemente einer Stadtlandschaft. Der Künstler erinnert an die ständigen Interventionen, die der Mensch in der Welt vollzieht – und Strobls Malerei nimmt alles gemeinsam in den Blick: die ausgeformte, scheinbar fertige Wirklichkeit, die offene Wunde ebenso wie das Gerüst. Letztlich gibt es bei ihm keinen bildunwürdigen Gegenstand, sondern nur Elemente im Bildraum, mit denen man sich inhaltlich und formal auseinander zu setzen hat. Besonderes Augenmerk liegt bei Strobl in dieser Auseinandersetzung auf den Elementen Licht und Farbe. Strobl interessieren hierbei besonders die Zwischentöne. Seine Farben entziehen sich definitorischen Festlegungen: Strobl malt das “Unfassbare” hinter der sichtbaren Realität und löst dies in einem sehr nuancierten Farb- und Lichtspiel auf. Farbe und Licht werden zu eigenständigen Themen in dieser Malerei. Das Palimpsestartige seiner Arbeit rückt diese Grundelemente deutlich in den Blick. Die Oberfläche seiner Bilder, die Art, wie die Pigmente haften, erscheint hier beinahe taktil. Die Betrachter sollen sich mit ihren Sinnen für die Bilder öffnen und gleichzeitig Abstand nehmen von dem, was man bisher gesehen hat. Dann tritt man bei Strobl ein in ein Spiel des Sehens einer zweiten Ordnung.
to
1
1
5
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
7
5
5
2
5
4
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
7
7
5
5
7
764
759
754
666
7
Artist: Walter Strobl
Drehung III

Drehung III

By Walter Strobl

Located in Wien, 9

Between light and line, stillness and movement, the visual worlds of Walter Strobl unfold – quiet, powerful, and full of inner tension. His nudes depict people in transition, in mom...

Category

2010s Walter Strobl Paintings

Materials

Oil

Türme II

Türme II

By Walter Strobl

Located in Wien, 9

Between light and line, stillness and movement, the visual worlds of Walter Strobl unfold – quiet, powerful, and full of inner tension. His nudes depict people in transition, in mom...

Category

2010s Walter Strobl Paintings

Materials

Oil

Drehnung I / Rotation I

Drehnung I / Rotation I

By Walter Strobl

Located in Wien, 9

Walter Strobl opens a new chapter in his explorations of the neverending tension between stillness and movement. Strobl´s vibrant nudes capture women in movement: they are there and gone again, letting the pictoral space pulsate with both the presence and absence of the outlines of their bodies. He paints women with a keen interest in the lived experience of the body, avoiding clichees in his depictions. The viewer is excluded from this inner sensation, but it is precisely the privacy of the model`s slumber that permits us to revel in our own proprioception. His cityscapes and still lives tell their...

Category

2010s Contemporary Walter Strobl Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Movement

Movement

By Walter Strobl

Located in Wien, 9

Walter Strobl opens a new chapter in his explorations of the neverending tension between stillness and movement. Strobl´s vibrant nudes capture women in movement: they are there and gone again, letting the pictoral space pulsate with both the presence and absence of the outlines of their bodies. He paints women with a keen interest in the lived experience of the body, avoiding clichees in his depictions. The viewer is excluded from this inner sensation, but it is precisely the privacy of the model`s slumber that permits us to revel in our own proprioception. His cityscapes and still lives tell their...

Category

2010s Contemporary Walter Strobl Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Palimpsest 2

Palimpsest 2

By Walter Strobl

Located in Wien, 9

Walter Strobl opens a new chapter in his explorations of the neverending tension between stillness and movement. Strobl´s vibrant nudes capture women in movement: they are there and gone again, letting the pictoral space pulsate with both the presence and absence of the outlines of their bodies. He paints women with a keen interest in the lived experience of the body, avoiding clichees in his depictions. The viewer is excluded from this inner sensation, but it is precisely the privacy of the model`s slumber that permits us to revel in our own proprioception. His cityscapes and still lives tell their...

Category

2010s Contemporary Walter Strobl Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Raumskizze

Raumskizze

By Walter Strobl

Located in Wien, 9

Walter Strobl opens a new chapter in his explorations of the neverending tension between stillness and movement. Strobl´s vibrant nudes capture women in movement: they are there and gone again, letting the pictoral space pulsate with both the presence and absence of the outlines of their bodies. He paints women with a keen interest in the lived experience of the body, avoiding clichees in his depictions. The viewer is excluded from this inner sensation, but it is precisely the privacy of the model`s slumber that permits us to revel in our own proprioception. His cityscapes and still lives tell their...

Category

2010s Contemporary Walter Strobl Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Kreise

Kreise

By Walter Strobl

Located in Wien, 9

Walter Strobl opens a new chapter in his explorations of the neverending tension between stillness and movement. Strobl´s vibrant nudes capture women in movement: they are there and gone again, letting the pictoral space pulsate with both the presence and absence of the outlines of their bodies. He paints women with a keen interest in the lived experience of the body, avoiding clichees in his depictions. The viewer is excluded from this inner sensation, but it is precisely the privacy of the model`s slumber that permits us to revel in our own proprioception. His cityscapes and still lives tell their...

Category

2010s Contemporary Walter Strobl Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Related Items
Watch me! -21st Century Oil Painting of a Nude Boy watching you in his Mirror
Watch me! -21st Century Oil Painting of a Nude Boy watching you in his Mirror

Watch me! -21st Century Oil Painting of a Nude Boy watching you in his Mirror

By David van der Linden

Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant

This painting is made by Dutch artist/painter David van der Linden. Painted with oilpaint on canvas. David van der Linden studied at the Academ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Walter Strobl Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Vibrant, Abstract Modern Studio Interior Scene, Seated Female Nude with Cat
A Vibrant, Abstract Modern Studio Interior Scene, Seated Female Nude with Cat

A Vibrant, Abstract Modern Studio Interior Scene, Seated Female Nude with Cat

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

A Striking Modernist Abstract Studio Scene by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Depicting a female nude model seated on a blanket beside a black cat in a colorf...

Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Walter Strobl Paintings

Materials

Board, Canvas, Oil

Andromeda Monster Carracci Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master Italy Art
Andromeda Monster Carracci Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master Italy Art

Andromeda Monster Carracci Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master Italy Art

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

Agostino Carracci (1557-1602) Circle of Andromeda and the Sea Monster Oil on canvas 75 x 59 cm. - In frame 96 x 77 cm. The subject of the painting, derived from Ovid's Metamo...

Category

17th Century Old Masters Walter Strobl Paintings

Materials

Oil

Nymph Adorning a Bust in a Garden, Signed Nude Painting
Nymph Adorning a Bust in a Garden, Signed Nude Painting

Nymph Adorning a Bust in a Garden, Signed Nude Painting

By Albert Cresswell

Located in Genève, GE

Signed "Cresswell" in the lower right corner. This evocative oil painting presents a poetic, symbolist-inspired scene of a nude female figure, likely a nymph, gently adorning a sculpted bust with flowers in a secluded garden setting. The composition unfolds in a softly lit, atmospheric space, where warm, earthy tones and delicate transitions of light create a sense of intimacy and reverie. The artist employs a fluid, painterly technique, allowing forms to emerge through subtle gradations rather than sharp definition. The figure’s elongated silhouette and graceful posture recall the classical tradition, while the blurred contours and tonal harmonies align with late 19th-century aesthetic sensibilities. The presence of sculptural elements and floral offerings suggests allegorical undertones, possibly referencing themes of beauty, transience, and devotion. Stylistically, the work sits at the intersection of Academic painting and Symbolism, with a strong affinity for the intimism and softness associated with artists influenced by Impressionism. The muted palette, combined with expressive brushwork, enhances the dreamlike quality of the scene. Both refined and sensual, this painting would appeal to collectors of Symbolist art, fin-de-siècle painting, and classical-inspired figurative works. symbolist painting, nymph painting, nude female figure oil painting, allegorical art, classical nude painting...

Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Walter Strobl Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled Jacques Rouby (1953-2019) Contemporary abstract art painted cardboard
Untitled Jacques Rouby (1953-2019) Contemporary abstract art painted cardboard

Untitled Jacques Rouby (1953-2019) Contemporary abstract art painted cardboard

By Jacques Rouby

Located in Paris, FR

Painted sculpted cardboard Unique work Coming from the artist's studio Jacques ROUBY, the aesthetics of mystery "Experimental dreamer, passionate about graphic adventures, delibera...

Category

1990s Abstract Walter Strobl Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Don't let the sun blast your shadow- 21st Century Painting of a Nude Boy
Don't let the sun blast your shadow- 21st Century Painting of a Nude Boy

Don't let the sun blast your shadow- 21st Century Painting of a Nude Boy

By David van der Linden

Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant

David van der Linden 'Don't let the sun blast your shadow'' 100 x 100 cm Oil on canvas framed in a black wooden frame (included in price) 115x115 cm David van der Linden is a Dutch...

Category

2010s Contemporary Walter Strobl Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Desire"
"Desire"

Anastasiia Grygorieva"Desire", 2021

$2,550

H 47.25 in W 23.63 in D 0.79 in

"Desire"

By Anastasiia Grygorieva

Located in Edinburgh, GB

In the picture, a naked girl among blue flowers, some of them flowers in buds, some have already bloomed or are actively in bloom. The girl seems to be peeping at the viewer through ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Walter Strobl Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Blue Chroma,  Figurative nude. Oil on canvas. Painting
Blue Chroma,  Figurative nude. Oil on canvas. Painting

Blue Chroma, Figurative nude. Oil on canvas. Painting

By Jose Ricardo Contreras Gonzalez

Located in Miami Beach, FL

This series of pieces is the result of an investigation into the use of light as a tool for the representation of reality and image creation. Starting in the 40s, the work of the art...

Category

2010s Contemporary Walter Strobl Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Moulin Rouge, Boulevad de Clichy, Paris
Moulin Rouge, Boulevad de Clichy, Paris

Moulin Rouge, Boulevad de Clichy, Paris

By Charles Malle

Located in Belgravia, London, London

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 25.5 x 32 inches Framed size: 33 x 39.5 inches Signed lower right

Category

20th Century Impressionist Walter Strobl Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil paining on canvas "Cupid" circa 1900 after Anthony van Dyck
Oil paining on canvas "Cupid" circa 1900 after Anthony van Dyck

Oil paining on canvas "Cupid" circa 1900 after Anthony van Dyck

By (After) Anthony Van Dyck

Located in Gavere, BE

Oil on canvas "Cupid" circa 1900 after Anthony van Dyck additional info: Title: cupid Style: baroque Medium: oil on canvas Signature: unsigned Provenance: private collection Canvas...

Category

1890s Baroque Walter Strobl Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Walter Strobl paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Walter Strobl paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Walter Strobl in canvas, fabric, oil paint and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Walter Strobl paintings, so small editions measuring 14 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Alex Amann, Gian Marco Capraro, and Bartosz Kolata. Walter Strobl paintings prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,870 and tops out at $7,876, while the average work can sell for $4,283.