Romanian Herdsmen by a Fire
Emil Volkers (Birkenfeld 1831 - Düsseldorf 1905)
Lot-No. 421
Oil/canvas, 34 x 52,5 cm, lo. le. sign. a. dat. E. Volkers 1881. - German horse a. figure painter. V. studied at the Dresden academy E. W. Rietschel a. J. Schnorr von Carolsfeld a. continued his studies since 1852 at the Munich academy under the animal painters A. a. F. Adam. He settled in Düsseldorf in 1857 a. joined the artist's group 'Malkasten'. He was promoted by Carol I of Romania a. in 1867 was appainted painter to the Romanian court. Besides horses he painted subjects from the Romanian folk life. - Mus.: Cologne (Wallraf-Richartz-Mus.), Wiesbaden, Riga. - Lit.: Boetticher, Thieme-Becker, Bénézit a. others.
Emil Volkers: Romanian Herdsmen by a Fire
Emil Volkers (Birkenfeld 1831 - Düsseldorf 1905)
Romanian Herdsmen by a Fire
Lot-No. 421
Oil/canvas, 34 x 52,5 cm, lo. le. sign. a. dat. E. Volkers 1881. - German horse a. figure painter. V. studied at the Dresden academy E. W. Rietschel a. J. Schnorr von Carolsfeld a. continued his studies since 1852 at the Munich academy under the animal painters A. a. F. Adam. He settled in Düsseldorf in 1857 a. joined the artist's group 'Malkasten'. He was promoted by Carol I of Romania a. in 1867 was appainted painter to the Romanian court. Besides horses he painted subjects from the Romanian folk life. - Mus.: Cologne (Wallraf-Richartz-Mus.), Wiesbaden, Riga. - Lit.: Boetticher, Thieme-Becker, Bénézit a. others.