Heinrich Gärtner (attributed), Figure Studies of Sensing Peasants. 2nd half of the 19th century. Heinrich Gärtner1828 Ballin - 1909 Dresden. Charcoal pencil drawing, partly heightened with white, on ochre wove paper (papier vélin). Unsigned. In a passepartout, on it old inscribed by the artist. Vertical centrefold. O. Margins with small nail holes in the centre. Somewhat stained, and with a rust spot in the image (in the eye of the sower). At the back side's corners remains of glue and paper from an older mounting. Dimensions: 28,5 x 44 cm, Psp. 31 x 44.5 cm. Heinrich Gärtner 1828 Ballin - 1909 Dresden Gärtner trained with the engraver Ferdinand Ruscheweyh; from 1845 he continued his studies with the landscape painter Schirmer. Afterwards he went to Dresden to Ludwig Richter and from there to Rome. Gärtner tried to combine the character of stylized landscape painting with the requirements of modern colouring. Among other things, he was commissioned to work on the murals of the new Dresden court theatre.