(Innsbruck 1915–1995 Hall in Tyrol)
“Stilleben Grande Chaumière”, signed, dated G. Diesner 43, inscription on the reverse: Paris Grande Chaumière Diesner 43 Mont-Parnasse, oil on canvas, 46 x 55.5 cm, framed

Full-page colour illustration:
Matthias Boeckl, Gerhild Diesner, Kunstinitiative Tirol, 2007, p. 72

Provenance:
Sammlung Leopold II (label)
Private Collection, Vienna

“My great longing was Paris, and in the spring of 1943 I was miraculously allowed to study there” …

“My teacher André Lhote was strict, but very good. We argued a lot, everyone had to paint his way, but I couldn’t and wouldn’t. Later, he came to see that I had my own way of doing it. I saw many very good exhibitions in Paris. There was Matisse and his large, magnificent still lifes, and Braque who I loved. An exhibition with the title “Flowers and Fruits” still looms large in my memory. The paintings were by Gauguin, Van Gogh, Matisse, Bernard, Bonnard and others. These images provided me huge amounts of inspiration for my own work. Suddenly I understood French painting. I think Paris, in particular Montparnasse, is a paradise for any painter.”

Gerhild Diesner. Ateliergespräch mit Wolfgang Pfaundler, in: Das Fenster, Winter 1975/76
From the mentioned literature