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The paintings of the German artist Heinrich Johann von Zügel (1850–1941) combine the observation of working animals with sustained attention to landscape and light. In his rural scenes, horses and oxen occupy a broader setting, while atmosphere and variations of light and shadow gradually take precedence over detail.
From 1867, he studied at the Stuttgart Art School under Bernhard von Neher and Heinrich von Rustige. After a stay in Vienna, he settled in Munich, where Anton Braith became an important mentor. In the early 1880s, he painted outdoors in the rural landscape of the district of Dachau, placing his subjects within a broader landscape setting. Studies on the Dutch and Belgian coasts in the early 1890s strengthened his interest in Impressionism, which he had encountered at exhibitions in Paris. He then gave central importance to atmospheric effects and plays of light, subordinating detail.
For more than forty years, he pursued a body of work devoted to what he called “Heavy Work”: mainly horses and oxen at work in the fields, depicted in more than twenty-four canvases. A founding member of the Munich Secession, he became a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich in 1895 and taught there until his retirement in 1922. His works were also exhibited at the Berlin National Gallery.
This profile brings together identity references for Heinrich von Zügel and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Dobiaschofsky · Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer · Lempertz
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Oil on canvas
Hirt mit Kühen auf dem Feld.
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2021-11-05
Published result : 1800 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2800
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Ink on paper
Hirten mit Kühen und Schafen
Tusche auf Papier
Catalogue period : 2021-11-05
Published result : 486 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 400–600
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Oil on canvas
Bauer mit Kuhgespann
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2021-06-05
Published result : 7500 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 8000
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Oil on cardboard
Bursche mit zwei Rindern an der Weide
Öl auf Karton
Auction date : 2020-03-18
Published result : 2480 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 2200
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Öl auf Leinwand auf Malplatte
Catalogue period : 2019-03-20
Published result : 12154 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 10000–15000
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Oil on canvas
Kleine Schafherde vor einem Stall
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2019-03-20
Published result : 4216 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 2000
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Die Ziege.
Öl auf Htf
Date to be documented
Published result : 3000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3200
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Auf der Alm.
Öl auf Lwd.
Date to be documented
Published result : 3000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3800
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Coloured chalk
Attribué à HEINRICH VON ZÜGEL — Schafherde mit Hirten.
Farbkreide
Zugeschrieben
Catalogue period : 2013-11-09
Attributed
Published result : 100 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 900
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