Rudolf Wacker

Rudolf Wacker (Bregenz 1893 - 1939 Bregenz) Stil Life with flower vase and doll II Oil on canvas 55 x 44 cm (wrong measurements in the catalogue raisonnèe 65 x 50cm) Monogrammed at the right: RW Verso: Dedication on canvas "Unserem lieben Max Haller zumAndenken, September 24, R.U.I. (means Rudolf und Ilse) Provenance: 1924 - Atelier of the artist; September 1924 - Rudolf and IlseWacker gave it as a present to Max Haller; 1971 Estate Max Haller;since 1986 Private Property, Vorarlberg Literature: Max Haller. Rudolf Wacker. Lustenau 1971. Nr. 3 (withoutill.). Maler aus Liechtenstein und Vorarlberg, Art&Edition Haas, Vaduz1986. (ill.). See.: Parnass Heft 1, 2007: (Palais Liechtenstein out of theBatliner Collection, currently Albertina Wien) See.: Rudolf Wacker und Zeitgenossen. Expressionismus und NeueSachlichkeit, 1993 (Cover image). Exhibitions: 1971 Neufeld Galerie, Lustenau - Zur Präsentation desWerkverzeichnisses Rudolf Wacker/Max Haller 1986 Galerie Haas, Vaduz - Buchpräsentation "Maler ausLiechtenstein und Vorarlberg" (ill.). Punch and Judy were important identity figures for Wacker. Punchstands for Wacker himself, and the blue Judy for his wife Ilse.These characters often appear in his work of the twenties. Wackeraffectionately draped items and cute toys around the blue Judy,with her lightly blushing cheeks. These items, which are often tobe found as symbols in his work, are collected objects that hebrought from Rumania and Siberia. Wacker didn’’t change these itemsin his still-life; he painted them as they were, but used them likereal life actors for the composition of stage-like structures.Manfred Schneckenburger detected in Noldes ten year earlierVölkerkunde-Stilleben, similar principles of composition. “To theexotic still-life an individual form of Nolde is added, which couldbe called ````Zitat-Bild````(citation-picture.