782 - Heinrich Johann, "Parthie aus der sächsischen Schweiz", landscape with arched bridge, dated 1866

Heinrich Johann, "Parthie aus der sächsischen Schweiz", landscape with arched bridge, dated 1866 (1821 Berlin to 1884 Landeck), oil on canvas, signed and dated 1866 lower right, label verso "Gemälde vom Preußischen Kunstverein" with the subject "Parthie aus der sächsischen Schweiz", "gemalt von: Johann", "Mitglied-Nummer: 151" and "Gewinn-Nummer: 170", river landscape with a stone arched bridge over a stream, to the right of the bridge a couple of walkers on the path, group of trees at right, church with pointed spire in the left background, condition commensurate with age, canvas slightly rippled, paint loss lower centre, varnish yellowed, slightly soiled, image 42x58.5 cm (HxW), framed, frame bumped, frame width 9 cm Hermann Heinrich Johann (1821 to 1884) was a Berlin landscape painter and a pupil of Wilhelm Krause; he exhibited at the exhibitions of the Prussian Academy of Arts. He found his subjects in the Mark, in Silesia, in Switzerland, in Bavaria and in Upper Austria; he died in Landeck in Silesia. The Verein der Kunstfreunde im Preußischen Staate, founded in Berlin in 1825 at the suggestion of Wilhelm von Humboldt, was the second oldest art society in Germany; its annual subscription of five thalers also served as a ticket for the annual lottery of the works of art acquired by the society, and in 1843 it had around 2,500 members.