140 - T. WEBER (1813-1875), Near Seewen, Solothurn, Switzerland, 1844, Pencil

T. WEBER (1813-1875), Near Seewen, Solothurn, Switzerland, 1844, Pencil Therese Weber (1813 Nymphenburg - 1875 Munich): Rocky plateau near Seewen in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland, 1844, Pencil Technique: Pencil on Paper Watermark: indeterminate signs: Undeterminable watermark | Date: Inscription: Dated at the bottom right: "Seewen in October 1844" Date: 1844 Description: Beautiful nature sketch on a rocky high plateau in Switzerland. Dated lower right: "Seewen im Oktober 1844". Delicate sketch of the same motif on the verso. 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. She succumbed to diphtheria at the age of 62 and died on 30 December 1875.| Watermark: "J Wha[tman]" Verso: Delicate sketch of the same motif. Keywords: 19th century, Romanticism, Landscape, Switzerland, Size: Paper: 35,6 cm x 49,0 cm (14 x 19,3 in) Condition: Good condition. The paper is discoloured due to age. The sheet is foxed on all sides. Occasional bumping along the sheet edges. There is a restored marginal tear in the lower left. Several short tears along the lower edge of the sheet. Untrimmed along the edges and bumped in places. Brown adhesive residue(?) upper left. Faint creasing in the centre.