Lot n° 24
Estimation :
200 - 400
EUR
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Result
: 364EUR
Léon HORNECKER (1864-1924) - Lot 24
Léon HORNECKER (1864-1924)
Portrait of a woman with a golden headdress
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
H_65 cm W_54 cm
Damage and missing parts, traces of unfinished cleaning
Léon Hornecker is one of the most cosmopolitan figures on the Alsatian art scene at the end of the XIXᵉ century. Trained in several European art centers, notably Paris and Munich, he developed a pictorial language nourished by multiple influences, blending academic tradition, naturalism and symbolist sensibility.
His work is dominated by portraits and the human figure. Hornecker was a particularly keen observer of the physiognomy and psychology of his models. His portraits, often imbued with a certain solemnity, are distinguished by precise drawing and a subtle mastery of lighting effects. Faces emerge from dark or neutral backgrounds, accentuating the sitter's presence and reinforcing the introspective dimension of the image.
Beyond simple resemblance, the artist seeks to capture a form of inner truth. This search lends his works an expressive intensity that sometimes brings them closer to the symbolist sensibility then in full bloom in European artistic circles.
Alongside his work as a portraitist, Hornecker played an active role in Strasbourg's cultural life, contributing to the city's artistic circles. His role was not limited to the production of works: he also acted as a mediator between different artistic traditions, fostering exchanges between Alsace and the major cultural capitals.
In this way, Léon Hornecker embodies a generation of artists for whom the practice of painting is part of an open and profoundly European cultural space.
The Musée d'Orsay in Paris, the Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain in Strasbourg and the Musée Unterlinden in Colmar are the three main institutions to hold paintings by Léon Hornecker.
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