Animalistic painting with two hares in the forest was executed by German animals and hunting painter Johannes (Johannes Christian) Deiker ( 1822 Wetzlar - 1895 Duesseldorf). Son of Friedrich, older brother of Carl Friedrich, father of Hans D. First lessons with his father in Wetzlar, then at the drawing academy Hanau, since 1841 at the Städel in Frankfurt, especially with Jacob Becker (portrait, history). Termination of training after the death of his father, takes over his teaching at the grammar school in Wetzlar in 1843/44. Due to the family´s financial hardship, he decided not to study at the Düsseldorf Academy (offer from Johann Wilhelm Schirmer) and instead became court painter for Prince Ferdinand von Solms at Braunfels Castle. By participating in exhib. Increasing fame in Hanover and especially in Munich, followed by commissions from aristocratic circles for hunting pictures. Number Sales abroad. Studied in Antwerp in 1850/51. In 1868 he moved to Düsseldorf, where his brother Carl Friedrich D. was based. 1871-1895 member of the artist association Paint box. - Portr., Genre and landscapes were created in Braunfels, and increasingly also animal and hunting paintings. The portraits are characterized by precise drawing and fine painting. and accurate reproduction of the sitter. D. painted animals in a similarly natural way; In contrast to the comp. by brother Carl Friedrich D., the hunting scenes are more natural and less dramatic.

WORKS: HAMBURG, Art Union, Hunting dog retrieves a hare, 1873. COLOGNE, WRM .: Dog on the hunt. POZNAN, National museum: The faithful field man, around 1880/90. SIEGEN, Siegerland-Mus .: Portr. Marie Sartorius. WETZLAR, SM: Self-portrait as a twelve- or thirteen-year-old, 1832/33; Prince Ferdinand von Solms, 1845; Self-portrait, around 1845; Portr. Father-in-law Sartorius, 1855; Old oak, study, around 1860; Large pack of deer, 1862; View of Braunfels Castle, around 1866; Fighting fallow deer, 1869; Young foxes playing in front of the building, 1870; Two young hares, 1870. WUPPERTAL, Von der Heydt-Mus .: Fighting boars.

EXHIBITIONS E: 1987 Wetzlar, Stadthaus am Dom. - G: 1854 Munich, general German art exhibition: pack of wild boars / since 1869 art exhibition. in Düsseldorf, Dresden, Berlin, Munich.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: ThIeme/Becker,VIII, 1913, 560 s ; Düsseldorfer Malerschule, I, M. 1997. – H. Deiker, Aus J.D.s Studienmappen, B. 1902; Weizsäcker/Dessoff I, 1907; H. Schmidt, Johannes und Carl Friedrich D., Ein Beitr. zur Jagd- und Tiermalerei im 19. Jh., Wetzlar 1986.

Inscription: signed lower left.

Technique: oil on canvas. Original period gold-plated frame.

Measurements: unframed w 11 3/4" x h 9 1/8" (29,7 x 23 cm), framed w 19 5/8" x h 16 7/8" (50 x 43 cm)

Condition: in very good condition, slightly kracked.