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 uses pencil, pen, crayon, etching-needle, brush. His most expressive paintings are in oil and resin, although he works also in distemper and makes outstanding portrait drawings in ruddle (red chalk). Later on, he uses 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 figurative 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 procures 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 balance 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.
 

Style
Technically and mentally, Vietinghoff confronts the Old Masters and learns from them. However, he does not imitate or "quote" them and finds his own "handwriting" as a painter. His pictures convey naturalness and – without showy perspective – attract attention due to their fascinating plasticity, inner luminosity and masterly placed highlights.
 

Exhibitions
Already as a young artist, Vietinghoff shows 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 prevent 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 bring him personal but not official recognition. In the course of time and in spite of the attacks coming from "art promoters", he is able to live on the proceeds of his paintings as he is more and more recommended by private art lovers. Thus, he sells many of his paintings privately to visitors coming to his studio.
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