Masterfully landscape painting with forest brook was executed by famous German landscape and animal painter Heinrich Böhmer (1852 - Duesseldorf - 1930). The father of the painter H.Boehmer, he studied : 1876-1882 - at the Academy in Duesseldorf, until 1884 - the master pupil by Eugen Dücker. Created forest landscapes inoil and views of Eifel, Harz , Vogel mountains and Odenwald.Works by him situated in the museum of Wiesbaden.
Literature: ThB4, 1910. Jansa, 1912; Schweers I, 1994. – Aukt.-Kat. Lepke, B. 1913 (Nr. 70); W.Schäfer, Bildhauer und Maler in den Ländern am Rhein, Dd. 1913.
Inscription: signed lower right.
Technique: oil on canvas. Magnificent original period gold frame.
Measurements: unframed w 31 7/8 " x h 24 " (81 x 61 cm), framed w 43 3/4 " x h 35 3/4 " (111 x 91 cm)
Condition: in very good condition, original canvas, no inpaintings or paintlosses. |