3925 - Julius Wentscher, Lake Landscape

Julius Wentscher, Lake Landscape a field situated between two lakes with farmers working in the fields; a wooded hill in the background; watercolour on light-weight card, c. 1900; signed ‘J. Wentscher’ in the bottom right-hand corner, some damage, sheet dimensions approx. 27.5 x 37.5 cm. Artist information: real name Julius Theophil Wentscher, also known as Julius Wentscher senior, German landscape and marine painter (1842, Graudenz, Province of Prussia - 1918, Berlin-Wilmersdorf), studied at the Art Academy in Königsberg, followed by studies at the Berlin Academy under Hans Frederik Gude; in 1881, his works were first exhibited at the Berlin Academy’s exhibition; in 1899, he was awarded the Small Gold Medal for Art; he was a member of the General German Art Cooperative and the Association of Berlin Artists; father of Julius Wentscher the Younger; source: Thieme-Becker, Saur ‘Bio-Bibliographical Artists’ Lexicon’ and Wikipedia.