Marciana on Elba
Felix Possart (Berlin 1837 - Berlin 1928)
Lot-No. 100
Oil/canvas/cardboard, 26 x 51,5 cm, sign. a. dat. lo. ri. Felix Possart 1881 as well as inscribed "Elba Marciana". - Landscape a. architecture painter, started as pupil of C. Schönau a. A.F.W. Nothnagel, turned to a career as civil servant but continued to study with H. Eschke, in 1880 he quit civil service to dedicate himself completely to painting, studied again under H. Gude a. F. Skarbina, since 1882 he travelled widely, among others to Spain a. Italy, was awarded a silver medal at a London Crystal Palace exhibition. - Mus.: Schwerin, Danzig, Stettin.- Lit.: Boetticher, Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.
Felix Possart: Marciana on Elba
Felix Possart (Berlin 1837 - Berlin 1928)
Marciana on Elba
Lot-No. 100
Oil/canvas/cardboard, 26 x 51,5 cm, sign. a. dat. lo. ri. Felix Possart 1881 as well as inscribed "Elba Marciana". - Landscape a. architecture painter, started as pupil of C. Schönau a. A.F.W. Nothnagel, turned to a career as civil servant but continued to study with H. Eschke, in 1880 he quit civil service to dedicate himself completely to painting, studied again under H. Gude a. F. Skarbina, since 1882 he travelled widely, among others to Spain a. Italy, was awarded a silver medal at a London Crystal Palace exhibition. - Mus.: Schwerin, Danzig, Stettin.- Lit.: Boetticher, Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.