4468 - Max Oehler, Jena with St Michael’s Church

Max Oehler, Jena with St Michael’s Church View from the Camsdorf Bridge looking east towards St Michael’s Church in spring or early summer, with the forests of Jena in the background; the bridge no longer exists in this form, having been blown up in 1945 during the Second World War; a beautiful Impressionist painting with a loose brushstroke, oil on canvas mounted on wood, signed lower left, labelled ‘Weimar’ and dated 1930; inscribed in pencil on the reverse; slight signs of ageing; in a wide black frame; inner dimensions: 41 x 34.5 cm. Artist information: German landscape painter, graphic artist and designer (1881, Eisenach - 1943, Weimar), a pupil at the Eisenach School of Applied Arts and Drawing under Prof. Kugel and Hertel, later undertook a study visit to Munich and studied under Prof. Brunner in Kassel, and finally, from 1901, continued his training at the Grand Ducal Art School in Weimar under Hans Olde; from 1907, he worked as a freelance artist in his own studio in Weimar. Source: Jens-Michael Plaul, “Max Oehler”, and Wikipedia.