Lustige Gesellschaft in einer Gondel. Anton Romakos Englandreise im Sommer 1873 und ihre Folgen (Curator's Choice, Nr. 7, 2024)

CURATOR‘S CHOICE MARKUS FELLINGER 
# 7 / 2024 
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Anton Romako (1832 Atzgersdorf bei Wien – 1889 Wien) 
Lustige Gesellschaft in einer Gondel, um 1873/76 
Öl auf Holz 
Maße: 33,5 × 56,5 cm, Rahmenmaße: 49 × 72 × 5 cm 
Signiert und bezeichnet links unten: A. Romako / a Roma 
1960 Ankauf Chiltern Art Gallery, London 
Belvedere, Wien, Inv.-Nr. 5405; Foto: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Wien

Abstract

The Belvedere has always been the most important center of research on the work of Anton Romako and owns the largest collection of his paintings in the world. One work in the gallery’s holdings to which little attention has yet been paid is Merrymakers in a Gondola, which arrived at the Belvedere in 1960 via the London art market. It was created in the years following Romako’s sojourn in England where he spent several months during the summer of 1873. His host at the time was Henry Francis Makins and this painting is from his collection. Makins owned at least seventeen paintings by Romako and was therefore one of his most important collectors. Romako’s journey to England took place during a key phase of his artistic development in which he distanced himself more and more from academic painting. The new impressions that his travels in England left on Romako are exempliﬁed by Merrymakers in a Gondola. This inspiration came above all from masterpieces of French Rococo that Romako was able to see in private galleries like the Wallace Collection, as well as from pictures by Joseph Mallord William Turner in London’s National Gallery and ﬁnally from works by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, with whom Makins’s family had close connections. These sources acted as stylistic stimuli for Romako and would have a considerable impact on his creative work for the rest of his life.

Keywords:

Anton Romako – Henry Francis Makins – Joseph Mallord William Turner – Rococo – Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood – Décadence

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