Afternoon on River Elbe
Friedrich Kallmorgen (Altona 1856 - Grötzingen 1924)
Lot-No. 108
Oil/canvas/fibre board, 30,5 x 48 cm, lo. ri. sign. Fr. Kallmorgen, invisible retouchings. - Painter and graphic artist in the tradition of the school of Barbizon who had a preference for motifs from the Hamburg Harbour. K. studied at the Düsseldorf and Karlsruhe Academies under G. Schönleber. He became professor in Berlin, thereafter in Karlsruhe. K. won numerous awards, since 1910 he was director of the Große Berliner Kunstausstellung. Mus.: Berlin (Nat.-Gal.), Hamburg (Kunsthalle, Altonaer Mus.), Dresden, Karlsruhe a. others Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Heydorn, Rump, Der Neue Rump, I. Eder: F. K., WVZ, 1991 a. others.
Friedrich Kallmorgen: Afternoon on River Elbe
Friedrich Kallmorgen (Altona 1856 - Grötzingen 1924)
Afternoon on River Elbe
Lot-No. 108
Oil/canvas/fibre board, 30,5 x 48 cm, lo. ri. sign. Fr. Kallmorgen, invisible retouchings. - Painter and graphic artist in the tradition of the school of Barbizon who had a preference for motifs from the Hamburg Harbour. K. studied at the Düsseldorf and Karlsruhe Academies under G. Schönleber. He became professor in Berlin, thereafter in Karlsruhe. K. won numerous awards, since 1910 he was director of the Große Berliner Kunstausstellung. Mus.: Berlin (Nat.-Gal.), Hamburg (Kunsthalle, Altonaer Mus.), Dresden, Karlsruhe a. others Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Heydorn, Rump, Der Neue Rump, I. Eder: F. K., WVZ, 1991 a. others.