KONRAD PETRIDES (1864-1944)
Tre Cime di Lavaredo (2,999 m - 9,839 ft)
Italy
In Tre Cime, Dolomiten, oil on canvas
The mountain
Tre Cime di Lavaredo (2,999 m - 9,839 ft) (The three peaks of Lavaredo) also called Drei Zinnen by
Germans, are three distinctive battlement-like peaks, in the Sexten
Dolomites of northeastern Italy. They are probably one of the best-known
mountain groups in the Alps, and one of the most photographed in Italy.
The three peaks are named, from east to west, "little peak" (Cima
Piccola), "big peak" (Cima Grande) and "western peak" (Cima Ovest). The
Cima Grande has an elevation of 2,999 metres (9,839 ft). It stands
between the Cima Piccola, at 2,857 metres (9,373 ft), and the Cima
Ouest, at 2,973 metres (9,754 ft).
Until
1919 the peaks formed part of the border between Italy and Austria. Now
they lie on the border between the Italian provinces of South Tyrol and
Belluno and still are a part of the linguistic boundary between
German-speaking and Italian-speaking majorities. Both communities still
battle today about the exact border line.
The
surrounding around Tre Cime di Lavaredo and the path leading to the
Three Peaks is popular among hikers. There are numerous routes leading
from the surrounding communities to and around the peaks. The road that
leads to the southern side of the Three Peaks was built during World War
I as a transport road by pioneers to support the front troops in that
war. Because of this there are a number of fortifications, man-made
caves, and commemorative plaques in the area.
The
peaks are also great for climbing. The first ascent of the Cima Grande
was made in the early 1869 by Paul Grohmann, Franz Innerkofler and Peter
Salcher. The Cima Ovest was first climbed exactly ten years later, in
1879. The Cima Piccola was conquered two years later on 1881. The partly
overhanging northern face of the Cima Grande is considered by climbers
to be one of the great north faces of the Alps, and was first climbed in
1933 after an ascent time of 3 days and 2 nights.
2019 - Wandering Vertexes...
by Francis Rousseau
The artist
Konrad Petrides was a Viennese landscape and stage painter in the studio Hermann Burghart, where the painters Anton Brioschi, Josef Kautsky, Georg Jany and Leopold Rothaug also worked. He also painted many veduras, especially from Lower Austria and East Tyrol. Petrides was a member of the Dürer League, in whose exhibitions he participated and whose silver medal he received in 1919. In 1904 he also received the gold medal at the World's Fair in St. Louis, USA.
_______________________________Konrad Petrides was a Viennese landscape and stage painter in the studio Hermann Burghart, where the painters Anton Brioschi, Josef Kautsky, Georg Jany and Leopold Rothaug also worked. He also painted many veduras, especially from Lower Austria and East Tyrol. Petrides was a member of the Dürer League, in whose exhibitions he participated and whose silver medal he received in 1919. In 1904 he also received the gold medal at the World's Fair in St. Louis, USA.
2019 - Wandering Vertexes...
by Francis Rousseau