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ANTIQUE #SA999746

Continental Townscape Oil Painting Of A Quayside On A River By Ludwig Hermann

£5,600    $7,482    €6,548
Ludwig Hermann
 
German, (1812-1881)
 
A Busy Quayside
 
Oil on canvas, signed
 
Image size: 15.75 inches x 22 inches
 
Size including frame: 23 inches x 29.25 inches
 
This atmospheric continental townscape view by Ludwig Hermann is of a busy quayside beside a wide river channel. The medieval buildings, windmills and shipping suggest a well-populated trading port of either a town or perhaps even a city, most likely in Holland.
 
Ludwig Hermann or Herman was born Elias Ludwig Julius Herrmann at Greifswald, Germany in 1812 to Wilhelm and Sophie Herrmann. Although little is recorded about his early life and education, he is known to have left his home in 1831 at the age of 19, to pursue an artistic career in Berlin. There he entered the Prussian Academy of Arts where he studied under Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764-1850).
 
Hermann started exhibiting at the Berlin Academy exhibitions in 1836. A year later in 1837, he travelled to Paris to study under Eugène Isabey (1803-1886) and...
Antique SA999746 shown on this page was made in 1870. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
1870
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