Conrad A. Ahrendts, Design for a Hunting Document Framing. 1890. Conrad A. Ahrendts1855 Müncheberg in der Mark - 1901 Weimar. Watercolour and gouache on paper, completely mounted on backing cardboard. Signed on the left side "K. Ahrendts", dated and with the place name "Weimar". In a passepartout. Verso atelier-marked and right margin yellowed. Dimensions: 23 x 32 cm, Psp. 31 x 44.5 cm. Conrad A. Ahrendts 1855 Müncheberg in der Mark - 1901 Weimar German genre and animal painter as well as graphic artist. He studied under Ferdinand Stauß in Weimar and Carl Gussow in Berlin. From 1879 he moved to Weimar, where he worked as an artist.

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