137 - T. WEBER (1813-1875), Ruins of a fortress in the mountains, Michaelis, 1836, Pencil

T. WEBER (1813-1875), Ruins of a fortress in the mountains, Michaelis, 1836, Pencil Therese Weber (1813 Nymphenburg - 1875 Munich): Fortress ruins in the mountains, Austria, Michaelis, 1836, Pencil Technique: Pencil on Paper Inscription: Dated lower right: "Michaelis 1836". Date: 1836 Description: Sketch of the travelling artist with a view from a path winding between rocks to a ruined castle or fortress. Presumably created while travelling in the Alpine region, South Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria or Switzerland. Therese Weber owed her training as an artist to some of the most renowned artists of her time, Karl Rottmann, Christian Morgenstern and Albrecht Adam, to the encouragement of her uncle, General Freiherr von Weber. After the death of her father, he took Therese in and recognised the girl's talent and inclination. The artist trained in landscape and animal painting and studied modern languages, history and literature. She sketched and painted nature on numerous trips to Alsace, Lorraine and the Bavarian Inn Valley. During a trip to Lake Tegernsee, she met the botanist August Max Einsele, who inspired her to make accurate drawings of the plant world and to create a picturesque herbarium. Therese Weber excelled as a plant painter and published several collected works on local flora, especially of the Alpine countries. She also used the studies herself to decorate fans. In later life, the artist also travelled frequently, accompanied by an adopted orphan. She travelled to Italy, France and Switzerland and took part in social life. At the age of 62, she succumbed to diphtheria and died on 30 December 1875. Keywords: 19th century, Romanticism, Landscape, Austria, Size: Paper: 33,0 cm x 45,2 cm (13 x 17,8 in) Condition: Good condition. Pale foxing on all sides. Some heavy waviness along the edges. Traces of creasing in the corners. Full-page horizontal crease along the lower edge of the sheet. Small grease stain upper right. The image makes a very good impression.