4417 - Oskar Gugg, View of Gotha with Friedenstein Castle from the East

Oskar Gugg, View of Gotha with Friedenstein Castle from the East View of Gotha from a garden, with Friedenstein Castle rising above the town; in the foreground on the left, a seating area framed by a hedge; an idyllic scene without people as the sun begins to set, oil on panel, signed lower left, slight signs of ageing, frame slightly damaged, inner dimensions 22 x 29 cm. Artist information: actually Oskar Hugo Gugg, German painter, restorer and photographer (1878, Leipzig - 1956, Weimar), initially trained as a decorative painter, attended drawing courses at the Academy of Graphic Arts and Book Trade in Leipzig, a pupil and friend of Paul Schultze-Naumburg in Saaleck near Bad Kösen and worked at his ‘Saalecker Werkstätten GmbH’, 1921-45: succeeded Theodor Hagen as professor at the HBK in Weimar; member of the German Artists’ Association and the Reich Association of Visual Artists of Germany; worked in Oberweimar; source: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Dressler and the internet.