657 - Heinrich Hartung III, Mill by a Rushing Stream, oil painting, before 1875, framed

Heinrich Hartung III, Mill by a Rushing Stream, oil painting, before 1875, framed Heinrich Hartung III, 1851 - Koblenz - 1919, a Rhineland landscape painter from the Hartung dynasty of artists in Koblenz; here: a vast evening sky stretches out over a half-timbered mill building by a wild stream. On a path leading towards it, the rear view of a woman in a long red skirt; on the opposite side of the mill, a small herd of cows; oil on panel, 27 x 35 cm; minor colour loss in the sky; otherwise in In its original condition, signed and inscribed ‘Cobl.’ on the left, framed About the artist: Heinrich Hartung III received his early training from his father, the artist Heinrich Hartung II. From 1875, he stayed in Italy to further his studies, where he was a member of the German Artists’ Association in 1876. He subsequently settled in Düsseldorf for more than two decades. It was during this period that he produced his characteristic spring scenes, Lower Rhine landscapes and paintings of the Eifel maars. Hartung’s works have received numerous international awards. In 1900, he returned to Koblenz. His works can be viewed at the Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, the Mittelrhein-Museum in Koblenz and the Museum of Wiesbaden.