Traunkirchen with Traunstein

Gauermann’s paintings are through-composed, based on numerous sketches and nature studies in oils made during his summer walking tours. He often combined actual views with idyllic rural genre scenes, re-using motifs from his collection of material. Along with Franz Steinfeld (1787–1868), Gauermann played a decisive role in the development of realistic Biedermeier landscapes with views of the Alps.
In "Traunkirchen with Traunstein", the eye travels from the foreground – which shows a small herd of cattle with a young cowherd beside a drinking-trough, a farmhouse and a mighty linden-tree – diagonally into the background with a realistic rendering of Traunsee, Traunstein and Traunkirchen. The village is suggested by a few buildings on the lakeside. The massif of the Johannesberg with chapel extends into the lake.

Habersatter Thomas: Friedrich Gauermann, Traunkirchen with Traunstein. In: Ducke Astrid, Habersatter Thomas (Hg./Ed.): Stadt - Land - Berg. Salzburg und seine Umgebung. Town - Landscape - Mountain. Salzburg and surroundings. Residenzgalerie Salzburg. Salzburg 2022, p. 138, illus. p. 139