The Work of Egon von Vietinghoff
The main body of works consists of more than 2,700 oil paintings.
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Media
Egon von Vietinghoff used pencil, pen, crayon, etching-needle, and brush. His most expressive paintings are in oil and resin, although he worked also in distemper and made outstanding portrait drawings in ruddle (red chalk). Later on, he used distemper just as a priming coat on top of the grounding.
 

Subjects

The immense work of Egon von Vietinghoff includes all classical motifs: flowers, still lifes, landscapes, portraits, and figural scenes. Due to the large demand, more than half of his total work consists of fruit still lifes.
 

Composition

The beholder's normal distance to the picture produces balanced representation and self-contained calm of the object. Without losing himself in details, Vietinghoff leads the eye through the whole spectrum of nuances of color and finds the medium between intensity and gentle peace. Thus, he creates the impression of unity and harmonic interaction of object and background, light and shadow, form and color, detail and totality.

Frequently, in his still lifes, a dark velvet background forms the small stage on which the objects are depicted, in natural freshness and collective serenity.
 

Style
Technically and mentally, Vietinghoff confronted the Old Masters and learned from them. However, he did not imitate or "quote" them and found his own "handwriting" as a painter. His pictures convey naturalness and – without showy perspective – attract attention due to their fascinating plasticity, inner luminosity and masterfully placed highlights. His paintings are the successful synthesis of his artistic vision and his workmanship.
 

Exhibitions
Already as a young artist, Vietinghoff showed paintings in the museums of Zurich and Winterthur (Switzerland), and in several places in Paris (France). The dominating position of the abstract painters in the art market, as well as the Second World War, prevented the continuation of these promising beginnings.

Later on, occasional exhibitions in different towns of Switzerland and southern Germany, as well as one more in Paris and one in New York, brought him personal but not official recognition. In the course of time and in spite of the attacks coming from "art promoters", he was able to live on the proceeds of his paintings as he became more and more popular among private art lovers. Thus, he sold many of his paintings privately to visitors coming to his studio.
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