POSTER ART Alfons Walde was fiercly devoted to being an artist of and for the people. His commitment translated into his many paintings of winter and winter sports themes, which proved to be of immense public relations value for his community’s growing winter sports...
PORTRAITS Alfons Walde’s portrait paintings show a broad spectrum of naturalistic representations, genre-like, stylized portraits of the rural Tyrolean population and ornamental paintings influenced by Viennese ‘Jugendstil’. Alfons Petzold, 1924 Oil...
STILL LIVES Walde’s early flower sketches show influences originating from his exposure to the Viennese art scene, particularly theJugendstil (art nouveau) work of Gustav Klimt. Nevertheless, Walde’s unique style is never lost on the observer. Primarilydone in...
NUDES The importance of Walde’s paintings of nudes is often underestimated in comparison to his other work, in terms of both quality and quantity. Nevertheless, these works are very valuable for tracing the artist’s development. Starting with realistic sketches of...
CITY & TOWN The artist’s stylistic development can be clearly observed in his city motifs. Going beyond the city scenes of his early work, the artist’s depressed state of mind in the post-war period is evident in the pictures ‘City in Melting...