A Classical Idyll by Hans Zatzka
A Classical Idyll by Hans Zatzka

A Classical Idyll

A Classical Idyll by Austrian Painter Hans Zatzka (1859 – 1945); also known as P. Ronsard, Pierre de Ronsard, or H. Zabateri and he signed many of his works as Joseph Bernard, J. Bernard, or Bernard Zatzka to avoid the penalties of braking contracts that limited how many works he could sell.

This is a beautiful floral painting contain two attractive young ladies and a putto in what may be a very large garden, that are standing by a very large decorative hand painted planter with a large bouquet of flowers and plants and a large white tree with white flowers and addition beautiful red, yellow and green flowers; while just in front of and to the side of the planter is a very large fountain with water overflowing its sides that is slightly covered by a large heavy light blue drape.

One young lady with black hair and red flowers in it, is dressed in a gold dress with a sheer red shawl over the upper portion of her right arm; carrying a bunch of red flowers with a long off red ribbon under her left arm that as a silver arm band on it.

On her right forearm is a three ring gold bracelet, and in her right hand she is holding a white flower with a yellow center that she is handing over to the other young lady that has golden brown hair.

This young lady is adorned with a large gold ringed earring and violet-blue flowers in her hair that is partially covered in a sheer linen light green veil, that compliments the color of her white and green dress and green gold embroidered shawl that she is holding in her right and as it goes around the back of her waist and is held by her left hand.

In her right forearm is a wide gold bracelet and on her left forearm is another bracelet composed of three gold rings that compliment the look of her gold earring and gold necklace the drapes down to the middle of her chest.

Around her waist is a wreath of white and pink roses, as three pigeons, one that is white, one that is white and grey and one that is grey fly towards her with more flowers to bestow upon her.

There are even colorful butterflies that are flying about her to adorn her as well; with the putto flying up behind her fixes her hair as he adds additional flowers to it.

The rest of the image is decorated with a light blue sky, red plants, large tan grasses, white flowers and a river with more trees on the opposite bank; and a possible white column behind the planter.

A Classical Idyll is a remastered digital art old masters reproduction of a public domain image that is available as a canvas, acrylic, metal and wood art prints online.

Info Below Derived From Wikipedia.org

Hans Zatzka sometimes been known as P. Ronsard, Pierre de Ronsard, or H. Zabateri, and signed many of his works as Joseph Bernard, J. Bernard, or Bernard Zatzka.

The purpose of Zatzka’s vast array of pseudonyms was to avoid penalties of breaking contracts which limited the amount of artwork he could sell.

This has caused some art databases to conflate Zatzka’s work under the pseudonym Joseph Bernard with the French sculptor with the same name.

Hans Zatzka was born on 8 March 1859 in Vienna. His father Bartholomaüs was a construction worker, and his mother was Marie Karpischek Zatzka.

Between 1877 and 1882, he studied at the Academie des Beaux-Arts, under Christian Griepenkerl, Carl Wurzinger, and Karl von Blaas.

Zatzka was able to earn a living through the production of frescoes for churches and other institutions.

In 1885, Zatzka was commissioned to create the ceiling fresco The Naiad of Baden at Kurhaus Baden.

Many of Zatzka’s works were religious paintings and altar pieces dedicated to various churches in Austria.

However, he is more known for his paintings of women, fairies, and other fantastical scenes.

Often, he would draw inspiration from the works of Richard Wagner and the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm.

In the late 19th and early 20th century, several pieces by Zatzka were photographed and made into commercial and collectable postcards.

During the 1920s, Zatzka’s style became the decor of choice throughout Europe. In addition, the previous thirty years held a resurgence for Zatzka.

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