Therese Schachner was born on 20 May 1869 as the daughter of the architect Friedrich Chesser in Vienna. The home-style and artful parental house made it possible for her to train as a painter. However, since women were still denied admission to the academy at that time, the young artist received private tuition in the "School for Women" by Albin Egger-Lienz and Hugo Darnaut. In the summer months 1893 to 1911 was Schloss Plankenberg in Lower Austria, in which Darnaut after the death of Emil Jakob Schindler had rented, center of the artistic work of Therese Schachner. Numerous paintings were created in the garden of the castle and in its immediate surroundings. At the latest from 1930, Therese Schachner worked in Vienna, where she stayed until her death on May 5, 1950. the end of her life.

The present work by Schachner, which was created after her time on the castle Plankenberg, impresses above all by its inner warmth and the sensual luminosity of the argillaceous colors. Placed in front of a neutral, very openly painted background, there are beautiful bouquets of summer flowers in two vases. The gentle light of the warm early summer sun brings the individual colours to the rays and seems to attract the flowers and fruits almost perceptible their fragrance. This sensually set light and colour accents make Therese Schachner magnificent composition a particularly sensitive work of Austrian mood Impressionism.

Literature: Prof.H.Fuchs „Österreichische Maler des 19. Jahrhunders“; Thieme/Becker "Allgemeines Kuenstlerlexikon ", Leipzig, 1999.

Inscription: signed lower right.

Technique: oil on canvas/laid down on cardboard . Original gold-plated frame.

Measurements: unframed w 21 " x h 16 3/4" (53,5 x 42,5 cm), framed w 26 1/4" x h 21 7/8" ( 66,5 x 55,5 cm).

Condition: in very good condition.