Adolf Stademann, Wood Gatherer on the River atmospheric-melancholic wintry river landscape, with figural staffage and effectively cloudy sky, Wikipedia notes "... Later, inspired by 17th century Dutch landscape painting, he specialized in winter landscapes with figural staffage and impressionist-inspired moonlight scenes. ...", impasto landscape painting in restrained, muted colors, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left "A. Stademann [18]89", framed in a magnificent, ca. 15 cm wide original gold stucco frame (rubbed), folding dimensions ca. 38 x 52 cm. Artist info: also Adolph Stademan, German landscape painter (1824 Munich to 1895 ibid.), son of Ferdinand Stademann, initially trained in forestry, painting student of Carl August Lebschée and Moritz Eduard Lotze, supplied the exhibitions in the Munich Glass Palace, active in Munich, source: Thieme-Becker, Saur "Bio-Bibliographisches Künstlerlexikon, Müller-Singer, Bénézit, Bruckmann "Münchner Maler des 19./20th century", Boetticher, Wikipedia and Internet.