![Leo Putz - The Rowboat [1912]](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7338/16269866687_703431950b_o.jpg)
Painted in 1912 the present work compares with another smaller version of the same subject on the lake of Hartmannsberg castle in the collection of the Stadtmuseum, Munich. The pose of the model and the setting of the composition also relate to Die Ausfahrt of 1909 which shows a clothed model.
From 1909 until 1914, Putz spent the summer months at Hartmannsberg Castle in the Bavarian Chiemgau region. Some of his best impressionist work was produced during this period including the two series known as The Bathers and The Rowingboat, to which the present work belongs. Also known as the 'Hartmannsberger pictures,’ these paintings of female nudes in sunlit lake settings capture to optimum effect the light of plein-air-painting for which Putz became famous.
[Sotheby’s, London - Oil on canvas, 76.5 x 91.5 cm]