Heinrich Vosberg, Heathland with Hiker and Coming Thunderstorm. 1877. Heinrich Vosberg1833 Leer - 1891 Gmunden. Oil on canvas. Signed "H. Vosberg" and dated on the lower left. Verso on the stretcher numbered "No 1" o.r. In a splendid carved frame with oak leaf decoration and gold leaf metal overlay. Verso on a historical label in pen old inscribed "No 1. Heide" o.l. Slight climatic edge and inconspicuous canvas deformation mi. and at corner u.r. Age craquelure and partially due to painting technique somewhat early shrinkage crack. In the area of the folds isolated pressure marks due to framing, a few small holes in the canvas due to tearing as well as small defects in the painting layer. Verso canvas with dark spots (penetrated binder). Varnish yellowed and with differences in gloss. Dimensions: 82,5 x 130,1 cm, cm. 113,3 x 160,5 cm. Heinrich Vosberg 1833 Leer - 1891 Gmunden First apprenticeship in the glazier and painter workshop of his father. 1849/50-54 Studies at the academy of arts in Düsseldorf. He received financial support from the East Frisian estates and from King George V of Hanover. Shortly afterwards he followed his teacher Johann Wilhelm Schirmer to Karlsruhe and went to Hanover in 1866, where he worked for the Welfenhaus for nine years. When the court moved to Vienna and finally to Gmunden, he moved to Munich in 1875, where he joined the "Münchner Künstlergenossenschaft" and regularly attended their exhibitions. From the 1880s Vosberg again worked for the court in Gmunden, but continued to live in Munich as well.