Freidrich Voltz (1817 - 1886)
This is a superb oil on board by the renowned German Artist Freidrich Voltz. Voltz in one of the most respected and highly collected German artists. His paintings are in the National Gallery ( Berlin) and he was considered their greatest Animal painter. This is one of his classic animal paintings showing cattle feeding on one of the mountainous peaks in Germany. This painting has full provenance and came from the artist's estate after his death. There is an inscription verso verifying this. The painting is signed bottom right. It comes in an original decorative gilt frame. On the verso is "Aus Dem Nachlasse Des F. Voltz"
Painting Size: 22 cms x 32 cms
Price: £360.00 SOLD
Friedrick Voltz (1817 -1886)
Voltz received his first art instruction from his father, Johann Michael Voltz, a painter and engraver. He began as an etcher and, in 1834, went to Munich to study at the Academy of Fine Arts. However, he derived more inspiration from nature and his studies of the old Dutch Masters at the Alte Pinakothek. He was heavily influenced by Albrecht Adam and his friends, Carl Spitzweg and Eduard Schleich. Sometimes, he would paint the cows in Schleich's landscapes. He found employment as a lithographer but continued to paint Bavarian landscapes through the 1830s.
While visiting the Netherlands in 1841, he saw Der Junge Stier, a painting by Paulus Potter and, from there on, devoted himself primarily to animal painting. During a tour of Belgium and the Netherlands in 1846, he absorbed the style of the Dutch Stimmungsmalern ("mood painters"). He experimented with lighting, producing warm golden colors and cool silvery tones. In his later paintings, the animals are virtually treated as still-lifes, with the dramatic effects created by the play of light.
He died rather unexpectedly when an apparently innocuous foot ailment turned into a serious illness. Voltz was considered the greatest German animal painter until the appearance of Anton Braith. His paintings are on display in the Neue Pinakothek and the National Gallery (Berlin), among many others.
This is a superb oil on board by the renowned German Artist Freidrich Voltz. Voltz in one of the most respected and highly collected German artists. His paintings are in the National Gallery ( Berlin) and he was considered their greatest Animal painter. This is one of his classic animal paintings showing cattle feeding on one of the mountainous peaks in Germany. This painting has full provenance and came from the artist's estate after his death. There is an inscription verso verifying this. The painting is signed bottom right. It comes in an original decorative gilt frame. On the verso is "Aus Dem Nachlasse Des F. Voltz"
Painting Size: 22 cms x 32 cms
Price: £360.00 SOLD
Friedrick Voltz (1817 -1886)
Voltz received his first art instruction from his father, Johann Michael Voltz, a painter and engraver. He began as an etcher and, in 1834, went to Munich to study at the Academy of Fine Arts. However, he derived more inspiration from nature and his studies of the old Dutch Masters at the Alte Pinakothek. He was heavily influenced by Albrecht Adam and his friends, Carl Spitzweg and Eduard Schleich. Sometimes, he would paint the cows in Schleich's landscapes. He found employment as a lithographer but continued to paint Bavarian landscapes through the 1830s.
While visiting the Netherlands in 1841, he saw Der Junge Stier, a painting by Paulus Potter and, from there on, devoted himself primarily to animal painting. During a tour of Belgium and the Netherlands in 1846, he absorbed the style of the Dutch Stimmungsmalern ("mood painters"). He experimented with lighting, producing warm golden colors and cool silvery tones. In his later paintings, the animals are virtually treated as still-lifes, with the dramatic effects created by the play of light.
He died rather unexpectedly when an apparently innocuous foot ailment turned into a serious illness. Voltz was considered the greatest German animal painter until the appearance of Anton Braith. His paintings are on display in the Neue Pinakothek and the National Gallery (Berlin), among many others.