The Stud Graditz and its Squire
Eduard Ockel (Schwante/Pots. 1834 - Berlin 1910)
Lot-No. 48
Oil/cardboard, 18,5 x 28 cm, sign. lo. ri. E. Ockel, verso inscribed "Graditz 1863. Mein lieber Grossvater Edwin Irmer mit dem Hunde Pitt". - Animal a. landscape painter, student of Steffeck a. Couture, study trips to Antwerp, Paris a. Barbizon, settled in Berlin in 1861, discoverer of the beauty of the Mark Brandenburg. - Mus.: Berlin (Nat.-Gal.). - Lit.: Boetticher, Thieme-Becker, Bénézit. - The stud Graditz was founded by Augustus II the Strong, its buildings were constructed by Daniel Pöppelmann. In the foreground of the painting the presumed squire is looking at his horses.
Eduard Ockel: The Stud Graditz and its Squire
Eduard Ockel (Schwante/Pots. 1834 - Berlin 1910)
The Stud Graditz and its Squire
Lot-No. 48
Oil/cardboard, 18,5 x 28 cm, sign. lo. ri. E. Ockel, verso inscribed "Graditz 1863. Mein lieber Grossvater Edwin Irmer mit dem Hunde Pitt". - Animal a. landscape painter, student of Steffeck a. Couture, study trips to Antwerp, Paris a. Barbizon, settled in Berlin in 1861, discoverer of the beauty of the Mark Brandenburg. - Mus.: Berlin (Nat.-Gal.). - Lit.: Boetticher, Thieme-Becker, Bénézit. - The stud Graditz was founded by Augustus II the Strong, its buildings were constructed by Daniel Pöppelmann. In the foreground of the painting the presumed squire is looking at his horses.