Häuser an der Steilküste von Boulogne-sur-Mer, 1931

Title

Häuser an der Steilküste von Boulogne-sur-Mer (Original Title)

Title Translation

Houses on the cliffs of Boulogne-sur-Mer

Painter

• Rudolf Jahns

Period Produced

• 20th century

School

• figurative painting
• Constructivism

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Material

• canvas
• oil pigment

Technique

• oil

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und datiert rechts unten: R. Jahns. 31.

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Modern Art 1800–1945

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024

Acquisition

Acquired in 2018 as a gift from Barbara Roselieb-Jahns

Genre

• abstraction
• landscape

Main Motif

• coastal landscape
• Boulogne-sur-Mer
• Côte d’Opale
• English Channel
• building
• shape
• overlay

Primary

• 0 Abstract, Non-representational Art
• 25H landscapes
• 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone)
• 61E(BOULOGNE-SUR-MER) names of cities and villages (BOULOGNE-SUR-MER)
• 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings
• 61D(ÄRMELKANAL) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (ÄRMELKANAL) (ÄRMELKANAL)
• 25H23 sea (seascape)
• 49D32 line (~ planimetry, geometry)

Secondary

• 49D34 quadrilateral (~ planimetry, geometry)
• 49D341 irregular quadrilateral
• 49D33 triangle (~ planimetry, geometry)