Osmar Schindler, Study for "Im Kumtlampenschein" (Horse Head). 1899. Osmar Schindler1867 Burkhardtsdorf - 1927 Dresden-Wachwitz Oil on painting cardboard. Signed u.r. "O. Schindle" [sic!] and dated. Verso numbered twice "104". Framed in gold-coloured, profiled wooden moulding. Provenance: Dresden private collection; formerly the estate of Osmar Schindler. For what is probably his best-known and most successful work, "Im Kumtlampenschein", Osmar Schindler began numerous studies of the horse and coachman in his studio in December 1899. This oil sketch is probably one such preliminary study. The work was completed in 1901 and acquired in the same year from the Dresden International Art Exhibition for the Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister. Cf. Dalbajewa, Birgit / Dehmer, Andreas: Malerei mit Licht und Schatten. Osmar Schindler and his bravura piece "Im Kumplampenschein" from 1901. In: Biedermann, Heike / Dehmer, Andreas (eds.): Osmar Schindler in der Dresdner Galerie, pp. 25-32. Bischoff, Ulrich (ed.): Galerie Neue Meister, vol. 1, Cologne 2010, p. 239 (gal. no. 2338). Paintingsupport at the right edge of the picture subsequently trimmed, at the corners minimally compressed and with slight losses of colour.Marginal areas and painting layer with minimal rubbing, inconspicuous in the overall picture. Dimensions: 16.8 x 24.8 cm, overall 29 x 35 cm. Osmar Schindler 1867 Burkhardtsdorf - 1927 Dresden-Wachwitz 1882-90 Studies at the Dresden academy of arts under Friedrich Preller the Younger, Ferdinand Pauwels and Leon Pohle.Afterwards he works as a freelance artist. Travels abroad to Belgium, Holland, France and Italy. 1900-24 teacher at the Dresden academy of arts, 1903 appointment as professor. Head of the modelling class and of a painting hall. Member of the 'Deutscher Künstlerbund'. Schindler created numerous wall, window and ceiling paintings in Saxon churches, e.g. in the Dresden Annenkirche.