The Violinist by the Window, Otto Scholderer
Otto Scholderer
The Violinist by the Window
DE
Back to top
Related works

Otto Scholderer

The Violinist by the Window, 1861


Dimensions
150.0 x 103.0 cm
Physical Description
Oil on canvas
Inventory Number
SG 320
Acquisition
Acquired in 1921 as a gift from Martin Flersheim
Status
On display, 1st upper level, Modern Art, room 5

Texts

About the Work

A musician sits at the window gazing wistfully at the world outside. Scholderer here revisits a German Romanticist motif. Having begun his studies at the Städelschule, the artist went to Paris, where his contact with Courbet, Fantin-Latour and Manet had a formative influence on his style. In Germany there was hardly an audience for his work. Following sojourns in Kronberg, Düsseldorf and Munich, Scholderer went to London, where he remained for nearly thirty years. He returned to Frankfurt only shortly before his death, with the painting that is now considered his chief work in his luggage.

About the Acquisition

The ancestors of Martin Flersheim (1856–1935) had already lived in Frankfurt in the seventeenth century. He assembled an extensive collection of works by contemporary painters – Max Liebermann, Hans Thoma, Wilhelm Trübner and many others. He had been on the managing committee of the Städelscher Museums-Verein since its founding. Flersheim purchased Scholderer’s ‘Violinist at the Window’ in 1902, when the artist’s estate was auctioned off. He loaned the work to the Städel in 1906, then going on to donate it to the museum in 1921.

Audio & Video

  • Basic information
    00:48
  • Focus on Frankfurt
    02:07
  • Highlights of the Städel Collection
    02:04
  • Kunst|Stück – Otto Scholderer: Der Geiger am Fenster
    Sammlungshighlights des Städel Museums in unterhaltsamen und informativen Filmen – das sind die Kunst|Stücke. Entdecken Sie spannende Details zu Kunstwerken aus ungewöhnlichen Blickwinkeln in unter zwei Minuten. Otto Scholderer: Der Geiger am Fenster (1861), Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main. https://sammlung.staedelmuseum.de/de/werk/der-geiger-am-fenster#yt

Work Data

Basic Information

Title
The Violinist by the Window
Painter
Period Produced
School
Object Type
Physical Description
Oil on canvas
Material
Technique
Label at the Time of Manufacture
Monogrammiert und datiert unten rechts: O. S. 61.
Work Catalogues
  • Bagdahn 2002, Nr. 26

Property and Acquisition

Institution
Departement
Collection
Creditline
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Picture Copyright
Public Domain
Acquisition
Acquired in 1921 as a gift from Martin Flersheim

Work Content

Motifs and References

Genre
Main Motif
Associated Persons and Institutions

Iconclass

Primary
Secondary

Research and Discussion

Provenance

Object History
Otto Scholderer (1834-1902), Frankfurt am Main
Nachlass Otto Scholderer, 1902
Verkauf durch Auktion des Frankfurter Kunstvereins an Martin Flersheim (1856-1935), Frankfurt am Main, 29. April 1902 (Los-Nr. 111)
Leihgabe an das Städelsche Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, 1906
Schenkung an das Städelsche Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, 1921.

Information

Since 2001, the Städel Museum has systematically been researching the provenance of all objects that were acquired during the National Socialist period, or that changed owners or could have changed owners during those years. The basis for this research is the “Washington Declaration”, also known as the “Washington Conference Principles”, formulated at the 1998 “Conference on Holocaust-Era Assets” and the subsequent “Joint Declaration”.

The provenance information is based on the sources researched at the time they were published digitally. However, this information can change at any time when new sources are discovered. Provenance research is therefore a continuous process and one that is updated at regular intervals.

Ideally, the provenance information documents an object’s origins from the time it was created until the date when it found its way into the collection. It contains the following details, provided they are known:

  • the type of acquisition and/or the way the object changed hands
  • the owner's name and place of residence
  • the date on which it changed hands

The successive ownership records are separated from each other by a semicolon.

Gaps in the record of a provenance are indicated by the placeholder “…”. Unsupported information is listed in square brackets.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact the museum at .

More to discover

Albums

Contact

Do you have any suggestions, questions or information about this work?

Last update

13.03.2024