Masterfully portrait of a German short-haired pointer was executed in 1885 by most renown Austrian and one of the leading worldwide animalist painters Carl Reichert (1836 Vienna - 1918 Graz). His works situated in the best animalistic collections around of the world. He was a son of painter Heinrich Reichert and brother of Prague theater painter Heinrich Reichert. Studied at the Drawing Academy in Graz by J.Tunner and E.C. Moser, later by J.Kuwasseg. From 1866 till 1876 he lived in Munich and Rome. Here he worked with Anton Romako and Johann Passini. From 1869 to 1910 he lived in Vienna , where were created his best dogs and cats genre paintings., including dog portraits of Austrian Empress Elisabeth. Since 1874 - Member of Vienna Artist Union "Künstlerhaus".
Our collection of animal works by C.Reichert see under following item numbers : 928; 940; 964; 1043; 2338; 3027; 3259; 4235, 4426, 4591, 4624, 4960 and 5016.
Literature: Anton Schoberwalter „ Carl Reichert, an Austrian imperial dogpainter ", Austrian Cynological Union, 2019; Prof.H.Fuchs " Lexicon of Austrian painters ", Vienna, 1975.
Inscription: signed and dated (18)85 lower right.
Technique: oil on canvas, painted in oval on the rectangular canvas; splendid original period gold-plated frame.
Measurements: unframed w 14 1/4" x h 17 7/8 " ( 36,3 x 45,5 cm ), framed 22 " x 25 5/8" ( 56 x 65 cm )
Condition: very good. |