HEINRICH HERMANNS (1862 Düsseldorf - 1942 ibid.) - Oil on hardboard, "Candlemas Procession in Milan Cathedral", signed lower right "Heinrich Hermanns", verso inscribed "Milan Cathedral", approx. 20x30cm, in magnificent frame (31x38cm), varnish

Emil Strecker, "Junge spielt mit Kind" stille Winkel am Haus mit sitzendem Jungen in Holzpantinen, mit einem Kleinkind Triangel spielen, poetic, glazed, partially slightly impasto genre painting, oil on canvas, signed, inscribed and dated lower left "E. Strecker Df. [Düsseldorf] 1877", various old labels verso, some with biographical annotations such as "Van Emil Strecker, 54 x 66 cm." and "Emil Strecker, Junge spielt mit Kind ...", professionally cleaned, closed losses, somewhat restored and relined, framed in beautiful oak moulding with gold inlay and brass frame label "Emil Strecker", rebate dimensions approx. 66 x 54.5 cm. Artist information: actually Emil Ludwig Strecker, erroneously Strecher, German-Austrian genreAustrian genre, architecture and landscape painter and sculptor (1841 Dresden to 1924 or 1925 Dürnstein), studied at the Dresden Academy from 1855-66, initially sculpting under Ernst Julius Hähnel from 1859, at the same time studying painting under Ludwig Richter, honoured with the Saxon State Prize and a trip to Rome in 1866 for his sculptural work, 1867-69 in Italy, where he mainly worked as a painter, 1870-76 studied at the Düsseldorf Academy under Julius Roeting, Hermann Wislicenus and Wilhelm Sohn, 1875-81 member of the Düsseldorf artists' association "Malkasten", 1883 moved to Vienna, where he trained under Heinrich von Angeli and worked as a freelance artist, from 1884 member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus [official: Genossenschaft bildender Künstler Wiens], from 1900 member of the Hagenbund, finally active in Dürnstein, 1919 founder of the Wachauer Künstlerbund and its honorary president, honorary citizen of Dürnstein, 1904 honoured with the small Golden State Medal, attended exhibitions in Dresden, Düsseldorf, Berlin, Hanover, Vienna and Munich, source: Thieme-Becker, Saur "Bio-Bibliographisches Künstlerlexikon", student lists of the Dresden and Düsseldorf academies, ÖBL, Boetticher, Müller-Singer, Seubert, Dressler, Bruckmann "Lexikon der Düsseldorfer Malerschule", Fuchs and Wikipedia.