Wilhelm Friedrich Burger ( 1882 - 1964 )
Lake Zurich seen from the Mythenquai, Zurich, Switzerland
Lake Zurich seen from the Mythenquai, Zurich, Switzerland
oil on canvas
35.5 x 60 cm.
signed
Painted just outside the city centre on the western side of Lake Zurich, Burger was looking from where the Rietberg Mansion and gardens are now laid out. The large sloping mountain in the far distance is Glärnisch which is only visible on clear days. Burger’s home was further along the lake to the south at Rüschlikon but he sketched and painted the city in all seasons and nearly always looking east and south over the lake.