"Rare early work by Liers: an atmospheric landscape with a swift ride before an impending thunderstorm in an alpine village"

(1826 Herrnhut – 1882 Vahrn near Brixen) A Bavarian wedding party leaves a village in a horse-drawn carriage in a scene of rapid travel before an approaching thunderstorm in an Alpine village, where a mother with children and two other figures flee from the storm and the carriage, accompanied by a small dog. A rare early work by Liers, who masterfully combines an atmospherically darkened landscape with a genre theme and the depiction of swift motion. It belongs to the artist's first known paintings; he was based in Munich from 1849. In his early period, Liers focused on the mountain world of the Alps and the beauty of the calm lakes of Upper Bavaria, which he chose as motifs for his paintings.

In the summer, he made study trips to Tyrol and the Salzburg region, to Brandenburg, to Raumau, to Lake Starnberg, and to Lake Chiemsee on Fraueninsel Island. From 1861 to 1864, Liers spent an extended period in Paris, which led him to plein air painting. In addition to the Munich tradition, his art increasingly absorbed new influences from the Barbizon School and the French "paysage intime." Oil on canvas, mounted on a French canvas; signed and dated 1854 with Munich. 52 cm x 65 cm. Framed.