(Vienna 1793–1865 Hinterbrühl)
The Grandparents’ Visit, signed, dated (indistinctly legible) Waldmüller 1863, oil on panel, 49.5 x 36.5 cm, framed

Provenance:
Anna Bayer (1824-1897) – widow of the painter, Vienna;
collection Franz Pezzi (died 1929), Graz;
collection Oscar Löwenstein (1868-1942), Vienna/London;
by descent to his widow Irma Löwenstein (1890-1975), Vienna/London;
1938 forced sale to Maria Almas Dietrich, Munich;
Führermuseum Linz, Inv Nr. 221;
1945 Central Collecting Point, Munich, Inv Nr. 9692;
1949 Oberfinanzdirektion Berlin;
since 1966 on loan from Germany to Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Dortmund
2019 restitution to the heirs of Oscar und Irma Löwenstein
The Paintings are being sold for the benefit of the sight loss charity the Vision Foundation, UK.

Exhibited:
Österreichischer Kunstverein 1865, no. 33;
Akademische Kunstausstellung Dresden, 1865;
Exhibition, Salzburg, 1953, no. 129.

Catalogued and illustrated in:
Bruno Grimschitz, Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Salzburg 1957, p. 366, nos. 985 and 988;
Friedrich von Boetticher, Malerwerke des 19. Jahrhunderts, Hofheim am Taunus 1979, vol. II, 2, p. 969, no. 99;
Rupert Feuchtmüller, Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller. Leben, Schriften, Werk, Vienna 1996, p. 525, no. 1072.

“The Grandparents’ Visit” deals with the joy that comes in uniting different generations, but also with the contrast between an urban and rural way of life. This is predominantly expressed through the colour palette, the interior of the urban dwelling, as well as the adult daughter’s clothes, are kept in subdued, darker colours, whereas the grandmother’s clothing shines in primary colours: red, blue and yellow.