Curatorial Narrative Ernst Schiess’s “Flock of Sheep on an Alp” occupies a unique position within the landscape tradition, its Impressionist inclinations tempered by a Modern sensibility that eschews the more sentimental associations of its predecessors. The artist’s employment of impasto brushwork imbues the painting with a tactile quality, as if the textures of the alpine terrain have been coaxed from the canvas itself.In scale, “Flock of Sheep on an Alp” assumes a presence befitting a luxury interior environment. At 59×44 inches, the palette’s chromatic structure – a nuanced interplay of greens, browns, blues, and whites – behaves with remarkable plasticity, its atmospheric weight casting a subtle yet pervasive influence over the surrounding space. The spatial rhythm established by the compositional structure – a deliberate balance of recession and foreground – serves to modulate the lighting behavior, its subtle shifts in value