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Artist:     Heinrich Faust (German 1843 - 1891)
Title:     Serenade of Love
Item ID   3676
Price:     15000.00 €
   

   
 

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Monumental poetic-allegorical work by famous German painter and lithographer Heinrich Faust (1843 Reinsdorf - 1894 Kassel). The painting is unframed. But here, the painter has imitated the framing, he painted it himself (see photo # 1). Heinrich Faust is important represantant of German poetic-allegorical Historicism.Since 1855 he studied as lithographer by Georg Koch in Kassel, since 1858 - at the Academy in Kassel under Friedrich Müller ( painting). In 1864 he recieved the travel grand for study by Joseph van Lerius in Antwerp, later in Italy. After following Italan travels, since 1870 settled in Kassel. In der 70th years- lived in Munich, where he has learned the art of Bocklin and Hans Makart, whom he visited later in Vienna.A lung disease increasingly affects his activity as painter. By Makart strongly influenced painter. Portr., decorative and exuberant poet figures, histories and fairy tale images, especially women´s representations, often on matte gold background and with theatrical effect.

Works : Neue Galerie Kassel.

Literature: F.v.Boetticher " Painting works of 19th century ", 1898; Thieme/Becker "Lexicon of artists from antique to contemporary", Leipzig, 1999.

Inscription: signed lower right, on the reverse of the stretcher - original label of Art Union of Bremen.

Technique: oil on canvas.

Measurements: unframed w 38 3/4" x h 55 1/4 " (98,5 x 140,5 cm).

Condition: in very good condition.


   
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