Karl Buchholz, Hollow way in the Weimarer Land. Probably about 1875- 1880. Karl Buchholz1849 Schlossvippach/County Sömmerda - 1889 Oberweimar Oil on paper, completely mounted on cardboard. Unsigned. At the back side on a paper label with the confirmation of the artist's nephew Edmund Buchholz's estate. Framed in a broad, profiled, gold-coloured decorative border ornamented with tendril decoration. Painting layer soiled. Mi. a punctual warping of the picture support. Mi.r. a small spot. Two inconspicuous tears at lower right (ca. 2,5 cm) and at upper left (ca. 2 cm) as well as cracks. (ca. 2 cm) as well as crease marks at the left corners top (4,5 cm) and bottom (7 cm). Re. diagonally running pressure marks (up to c. 5 cm), in the general view inconspicuous. Retouching isolated mi.r. as well as mi.l. in the area below the tree trunk. The backing at upper left. Corner replaced. Dimensions: 26 x 34.4 cm, overall 42 x 50.3 cm. Karl Buchholz 1849 Schlossvippach/County Sömmerda - 1889 Oberweimar 1863-1866 Apprenticeship with a parlour painter in Kölleda. From 1867 Buchholz studied at the 'Großherzoglich-Sächsische Kunstschule' in Weimar, first under the landscape painter Alexander Michaelis and after his death under Maximilian Schmidt. From 1871 he was in the landscape class of Theodor von Hagen, who taught a progressive style of outdoor and tone painting based on the teachings of the Barbizon school. Four years later he became Hagen's master pupil. In 1871 he participated for the first time in the Dresden Academic Art Exhibition and later exhibited regularly in Berlin, Dresden and Munich. He lived in seclusion in Oberweimar. 1874 Study trip to the Harz Mountains and to the island of Vilm. The subject of his paintings was predominantly the immediate surroundings of Weimar, which he portrayed at different times of the day, foregoing spectacular motifs. According to Lovis Corinth, he was considered the "genius of the Weimar school of painting". Karl Buchholz took his own life at the age of 40.