Flower painting by German landscape and still life female painter Sophie Dahn-Fries (1835 - Munich - 1898 ), married with Felix Dahn. In 1868 she grounded the Art School for girls, later Ladies-Academy; participated in 1891 by the International Exhbition in Berlin. Specialized in landscape and flower painting.
Literature: Thieme/Becker, 8, 1913. Pavière, Flower III.1, 1964. – H.Heyn, South German painting from the Bavarian High Land, Rosenheim 1979; AKL XXIII, 1999, 442.
Inscription: signed lower right.
Technique: oil on canvas. Original period gilt frame.
Measurements: unframed w 23 3/8" x h 18" (59.5 x 45.5 cm), framed w 29 1/2" x h 24" (75 x 61 cm ).
Condition: in very good condition |