4461 - Alfred Mumbächer, Stachus in Munich

Alfred Mumbächer, Stachus in Munich A view of the old Stachus in Munich before it was extensively redeveloped and became one of the busiest squares in Europe; in the background, the church tower of the old St Matthew’s Church at Sendlinger Tor can still be seen; an early autumnal atmosphere, reminiscent of Charles Vetter’s Munich cityscapes, probably 1910s/1920s, oil on canvas, signed lower right, remnants of an old label on the reverse, restored, black frame, slightly bumped, inner dimensions 45.5 x 50.5 cm. Artist information: German landscape and veduta painter (1888 Mainz-Bretzenheim - 1953 Mainz); from 1907, initially studied law in Munich, in 1910 turned to painting; from 1912 studied at the Munich Academy under Angelo Jank; member of the Reich Association of Visual Artists of Germany and the Association of Mainz Artists; worked in Munich until 1924, thereafter in Mainz, Source: Register of the Munich Academy, Dressler, Saur’s ‘Bio-Bibliographical Encyclopaedia of Artists’ and Wikipedia.