Herbert von Reyl-Hanisch
Marily Walther II, Rome Oil on wood; framed The 1932 Rome portrait of Marily Walther (1911-2002), daughter of Helene Walther, exemplifies Herbert von Reyl-Hanisch's pronounced approach to portrait painting in the 1930s. Reyl-Hanisch prefers to use a traditional image type in combination with a precise painting style and light-dark contrasts characteristic of the current of the new objectivity.
The depicted appears in clear frontality and calm posture. The serious, restrained expression corresponds to the sober, at the same time psychologically condensed view that characterizes Reyl-Hanisch's portraits. The background landscape has an independent significance by acting as an element of the atmosphere.Marily Walther came from an internationally networked hoteliers family with food points in Venice and Madonna di Campiglio. This environment, characterized by cultural exchange and prominent hotel guests, formed a fruitful context for Reyl-Hanisch's work as a portraitist.
(Valerie Pauß) Herbert von Reyl–Hanish>Marily Walther II, Rome1932Heiner Quintern, Herbert von Reyl-Hanisch 1898-1937, dissertation at the University of Innsbruck, October 1971, no. 116, p. 158, illus. no. 87
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