# Lake Grunewald

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## Artwork

- Artist: [LEISTIKOW, Walter](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/leistikow-walter-r3e421ae11b000b>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 167 x 252 cm

## Commentary

The ominous, almost Orientally decorative treatment of the Grunwaldsee by Walter Leistikow shows the new trend toward the abstract as the nineteenth century comes to a close. Flat, patterned, close to lacquer screen or brocade in its restraint, this approach to the experience of nature anticipates Modernism in its restraint and respect for the two-dimensional.

## Related artworks

- [A view of Grunewald](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/leistikow-walter-r3e421ae11b000b/a-view-of-grunewald-ra88361e5b518aa>)
- [&#39;Corvi noctis&#39; tapestry](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/leistikow-walter-r3e421ae11b000b/corvi-noctis-tapestry-r1bbc1bc4ce4077>)
- [Cranes](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/leistikow-walter-r3e421ae11b000b/cranes-rcf06956e472a8b>)
- [Forest with sand pit](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/leistikow-walter-r3e421ae11b000b/forest-with-sand-pit-r09e1bd21342e1d>)
- [Lake Schlachtensee at Dusk](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/leistikow-walter-r3e421ae11b000b/lake-schlachtensee-at-dusk-rde9d585d137ea2>)
- [Sailboats at the lakeside](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/leistikow-walter-r3e421ae11b000b/sailboats-at-the-lakeside-r9208ed0af5683c>)

## Attribution

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