3968 - Prof. Christian Kröner, Roe Deer at the Edge of the Forest

Prof. Christian Kröner, Roe Deer at the Edge of the Forest four roe deer in the undergrowth, at the light-coloured edge of a densely wooded forest, gouache on paper, early 20th century, signed ‘Ch. Kröner", slight signs of ageing, framed in a decorative stucco frame with an artist’s plaque reading “Prof. Chr. Kröner” behind glass, inner dimensions approx. 17 x 26.5 cm. Artist information: born Johann Christian Kröner, German hunting and landscape painter and graphic artist (1838, Rinteln on the Weser - 1911, Düsseldorf), trained as an interior decorator, moved to Munich to join the Brannenburg artists’ colony, where he became acquainted with Louis Hugo Becker, Wilhelm Busch, Carl Irmer and Julius Rollman; moved to Düsseldorf in 1863, where he joined the Malkasten artists’ association; undertook study trips to Westphalia, Thuringia and Upper Bavaria, continuing his self-taught artistic development; gained renown as a hunting painter; also gave private tuition; his pupils included, amongst others, Magda Helmcke (his future wife), Edmund Osthaus, Franz Gehrts and Anton Henker; he was awarded a gold medal at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition; in 1893 he was appointed Royal Professor; his works were exhibited at numerous world exhibitions; from 1885 he was a member of the Berlin Academy; source: Thieme-Becker and Wikipedia.