Gallery Edition – Montreux-Palace Hotel by Anton Reckziegel – 44×61 Interior Architectural Study

Curatorial Narrative In the midst of the Art Nouveau era, Anton Reckziegel’s “Montreux-Palace Hotel” (1905) stands as a testament to the burgeoning Modernist movement. Executed in a linear brushwork that echoes the geometric precision of the architectural subject, this painting embodies the Art Deco style’s nascent fascination with industrial materials and urban landscapes. The palette, dominated by sepia tones with flashes of red accents reserved for textual elements, imbues the scene with a sense of nostalgia and retrofuturism, as if gazing upon a forgotten epoch. Reckziegel’s visual intent is to convey the Palace Hotel’s imposing presence, its Modernist faade a testament to human ingenuity and progress.When scaled up to 44×61 inches, “Montreux-Palace Hotel” assumes an architectural quality, its spatial depth and chromatic structure unfolding like a blueprint. The sepia tones, now amplified, evoke the patina of aged leather or pol