This oval painting with young girl carrying a basket of flowers was created in 1869 by famous Viennese painter of Historicism epoch Anton Ebert (1845 Mies, Bohemia - 1896 Vienna). The artist was a very renowned genre and portrait painter, who worked in Vienna in the 2nd half of the 19th century. He studied at the Prague Academy and at the Vienna Academy in the class of the famous F. Waldmüller. This portrait was painted by the artist under influence of his contemorary and founder of Viennese style Historicism Hans Makart (1840 - 1884).
Literature: The artist is listed in : "Austrian Artists Dictionary "by Heinrich Fuchs, Vienna 1974 and " Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenen Künstler " by Thieme / Becker. Leipzig, 1999.
Inscription: signed and dated 1869 lower right.
Technique: oil on canvas. Original period frame.
Measurements: unframed w 31" x h 37" (79 x 94 cm), framed w 47 1/4" x h 52 3/4" (120 x 134 cm).
Condition: in good condition. |