German School Lake By Moonlight

German School Lake By MoonlightAn atmospheric late 19th century oil on canvas depicting a small fishing vessel floating on a lake by moonlight. The artist has captured the effects of light so majestically, particularly where it cascades across the ripples of water. The painting is monogrammed in the lower right, maybe PB, and inscribed illegibly on the reverse. Medium Oil on canvas Size 19 x 11 49cm x 28cm Year of creation c. 1880 Provenance Germany Condition Light craquelure

But although his intentions are quite clear

It’s a sensitive portrayal

Hygrell was a versatile and widely-exhibited painter who studied in Gothenburg and later at the Stockholm School of Art

Hans Tschelan (1873-1964)

Good overall condition

trained at the Munich Art Academy and worked in and around the City for most of his life

His work was widely exhibited during his lifetime and he was awarded the Academy Art Prize twice along with the first-class annual medal in 1895

Quite the contrary

A beautiful mid-19th-century portrait of a young lady in black by French painter

Overall size 23½” x 28” / 60cm x 72cm

We love the way she’s peering to one side - perhaps a little awkwardly

the composition has us standing by a chair looking down at the right side of her body