Ferdinand Dorsch "From Bernburg Castle". 1925. Ferdinand Dorsch1875 Fünfkirchen/Hungary - 1938 Dresden. Oil on plywood. Signed "F. DORSCH" and dated o.r. Verso on the picture support o.mi. again signed "F. DORSCH", dated, inscribed "Dresden" and titled above. Pencil annotation to the framing mi. Framed in profiled, bronze-coloured wooden moulding with white throat. Three horizontal drying cracks in support and painting layer. Lower left corner bumped and margins with inconspicuous loss of material. Verso marginal areas with remnants of a paper pastedown, probably from former framing. Dimensions: 50 x 38 cm, marg. 58 x 47 cm. Ferdinand Dorsch 1875 Fünfkirchen/Hungary - 1938 Dresden 1891 entry into the Dresden academy of arts. From 1895 in the master studio of Gotthardt Kuehl. 1898 Moves to Vienna. 1901 Returns to Dresden. Founds the artists' association "Elbier" with Fritz Beckert, Arthur Bendrat and A. Wilckens. 1906 master student of Gotthardt Kuehl. 1914-38 Professor at the Dresden Art Academy, in the last three years of his life Rector of this institution.