868 - Ernst Ludwig von Aster, Resting Brown Hare, dated January 1932

Ernst Ludwig von Aster, Resting Brown Hare, dated January 1932 (1902 to 1986), oil on canvas, signed and dated January 32 lower right, a brown hare slightly crouched on brown earth, the ears erect, its head turned towards the viewer, the fur finely drawn in warm brown, grey and ochre tones, the forelegs stretched forward, the background green, good condition commensurate with age, paint loss lower right, paint layer partially adhering to the glazing, image 33x28 cm (HxW), mount, behind glass, framed, overall size 54.5x44.5 cm (HxW) Ernst-Ludwig von Aster came from Goslar and, after studying at the academies in Weimar and Berlin, worked there as a freelance hunting and animal painter. He supplied illustrations for the specialist literature on poaching and forestry and received the cultural prize of the city of Goslar in 1961. His pictures of wild animals from the Harz foreland form the core of his work.