Antique Framed Watercolor by Xavier Wurth dated 1917

Price: $980

Antique Framed Oil Painting on Canvas by Xavier Wurth (1869-1933) was created during the final months of World War I, wherein Wurth provided a method of excape from the horrors of the conflict via retreat to peaceful landscape surroundings, such as this charming river scene.  Depicting a misty Spring morning, its palette covers a broad range of naturalistic greens and grays, complemented by the original simplistic patinaed gold frame.
Wurth excelled in all areas: portraits, seascapes, and still lifes, although those types are less well known than his landscapes of the Ardennes which made his reputation.  Wurth commonly depicted clouds and light with the accompanying luminosity creating a powerful presence on the canvas.  His production of oils, watercolors, and drawings was very important in the Liège region, where a Wurth was hung on the wall of all the bourgeois houses.  From 1889 to 1893, Xavier Wurth was a pupil of Adrien de Witte and Évariste Carpentier at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Liège. He exhibited many times and won the Prix de Rome. Friend of Richard Heintz, Auguste Donnay and Albert Sirtaine, he gave a particularly delicate shine to the Ardennes landscapes. About ten works can be found at the Museum of Walloon Art. He was also professor of drawing at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Liège from 1921 to 1932.
Circa early 1900s
Measures 20H x 14W x 2D