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Hugo Mieth, Five Minutes Rest, Antique Oil Painting, Genre Scene

1900 - 1920
Description

An early 20th-century oil on canvas depicting a seated gentleman reading a newspaper while two ladies look on from a distance. We can only wonder what the story is here - perhaps they’re wondering who he is.

The artist, Hugo Mieth (1865-1930), trained at the Academy in Dresden under Wilhelm Ferdinand Pauwels (1830-1904) and later at the illustrious Académie Julian in Paris. Like many academy-trained painters from this period, Mieth had the best of both worlds - a classical education based on the old masters, blended with the new ideas of the emerging avant-garde.

Imagine how exciting it was for him when he moved to Paris at a time when the impressionists were in full swing.

This painting is a nod to both schools - it’s traditional in terms of its subject yet impressionistic in style.

Here’s another work by Mieth, ‘Le Cabanon’, which sold at Christie's in 2000:

https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-hugo-mieth-german-b1865-le-cabanon-1821538

Medium: Oil on canvas

Overall size: 29” x 36” / 73cm x 92cm

Year of creation: c. 1910

Provenance: Germany

Condition: Very presentable. Frame with some general wear.

Artist’s auction highlight: £2,606 achieved for ‘Garden Of A Villa’ at a German auction in 1998.

Physical Dimensions
Height
92cm (36.22")
Width
72cm (28.35")
Depth
3cm (1.18")
Declaration

Brave Fine Art has dated this piece to the 1910s.

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Description
An early 20th-century oil on canvas depicting a seated gentleman reading a newspaper while two ladies look on from a distance. We can only wonder what the story is here - perhaps they’re wondering who he is.
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The artist, Hugo Mieth (1865-1930), trained at the Academy in Dresden under Wilhelm Ferdinand Pauwels (1830-1904) and later at the illustrious Académie Julian in Paris.
Brave Fine Art

Like many academy-trained painters from this period, Mieth had the best of both worlds - a classical education based on the old masters, blended with the new ideas of the emerging avant-garde.

fig 1. Hugo Mieth, Five Minutes Rest, Antique Oil Painting, Genre Scene
fig 1. Hugo Mieth, Five Minutes Rest, Antique Oil Painting, Genre Scene

Imagine how exciting it was for him when he moved to Paris at a time when the impressionists were in full swing.

This painting is a nod to both schools - it’s traditional in terms of its subject yet impressionistic in style.

fig 2. Hugo Mieth, Five Minutes Rest, Antique Oil Painting, Genre Scene
fig 2. Hugo Mieth, Five Minutes Rest, Antique Oil Painting, Genre Scene

Here’s another work by Mieth, ‘Le Cabanon’, which sold at Christie's in 2000:

https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-hugo-mieth-german-b1865-le-cabanon-1821538

Medium: Oil on canvas

Overall size: 29” x 36” / 73cm x 92cm

Year of creation: c. 1910

Provenance: Germany

Condition: Very presentable. Frame with some general wear.

Artist’s auction highlight: £2,606 achieved for ‘Garden Of A Villa’ at a German auction in 1998.

Height
92cm (36.22")
Width
72cm (28.35")
Depth
3cm (1.18")
Date of Manufacture

Brave Fine Art has dated this piece to the 1910s.

Reference Numbers
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SA761416
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  • Period1900 - 1920
  • SizeH 92 cm (36 in) x W 72 cm (28 in) x D 3 cm (1 in)
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