Beech Trees in the English Garden, Munich

ca. 1810

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 807

Dillis was coming into his own as a painter about the time that his patron, the Elector of Bavaria, initiated the development of Munich’s vast English Garden, in 1789. The artist was among the first of his countrymen to sketch in oil paint out of doors, a practice popularized by French contemporaries. This quickly brushed study is redolent of the kinetic qualities of nature—light, air, motion—that made outdoor painting so appealing.

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Title: Beech Trees in the English Garden, Munich
Artist: Johann Georg von Dillis (German, Grüngiebing 1759–1841 Munich)
Date: ca. 1810
Medium: Oil on paper, laid down on cardboard
Dimensions: 10 x 7 1/2 in. (25.4 x 19.1 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Thaw Collection, Jointly Owned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Morgan Library & Museum, Gift of Eugene V. Thaw, 2009
Object Number: 2009.400.48
Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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