4299 - Eugen Klimsch, attributed, Portrait of a Lady

Eugen Klimsch, attributed, Portrait of a Lady a woman standing by an archway, wearing a white blouse and a red bodice, her blue skirt slightly raised; holding a reticule in her left hand; presumably a courtesan looking for a gentleman, slightly impasto portrait painting in a bold style, oil on canvas, late 19th century, unsigned, inscribed on the reverse, minor imperfections, framed, inner dimensions approx. 58 x 36.5 cm. Artist information: born Eugen Johann Georg Klimsch, German painter, fresco artist, draughtsman, illustrator, miniaturist and graphic artist (1839, Frankfurt am Main - 1896, Frankfurt), member of the Frankfurt Klimsch family of artists, initially a pupil of his father Karl Ferdinand Klimsch and working in his studio, 1852-55: student at the Frankfurt Higher School of Applied Arts; 1855-59: evening classes at the Städel Art Institute in Frankfurt am Main; 1859-65: private pupil of Andreas Müller (‘Komponiermüller’) in Munich; undertook study trips to Paris, Venice and London; worked for a time as a lithographer and designer of banknotes for the Bavarian state; returned to Frankfurt am Main in 1865, worked here for several years as a teacher at the School of Applied Arts, appointed professor in 1889, head of the School of Painting and Composition at the Städel Institute in 1895, submitted works to numerous exhibitions and received various honours, father of the sculptor Fritz Klimsch, source: Boetticher, Thieme-Becker and the internet.