4523 - Herta von Wächter-Rechenberg, View of Lake Constance

Herta von Wächter-Rechenberg, View of Lake Constance Autumnal view from the lakeshore across a tranquil lake in an Alpine foothill landscape, tempera on cardboard, c. 1950, signed “H. v. Wächter-Rechenberg” lower left, label on the reverse reading “Franz Weber Bildereinrahmungen ... 7990 Friedrichshafen1”, signs of age, framed, inner dimensions approx. 18.5 x 24.5 cm. Artist information: born Hertha [Herta] Baroness Antonie Katharine Hedwig von Rechenberg, from 1924, following her marriage to Felix von Waechter-Spittler, Baroness Hertha von Waechter-Rechenberg or Hertha von Waechter-Spittler; signed as an artist “H. v. Wächter-Rechenberg”, German painter (1889, Marjoß an der Jossa - now part of Steinau an der Straße in Hesse - until 1967, Schloss Horn in Fischbach near Biberach an der Riß), spent her youth in Ballenstedt, Saxony-Anhalt, received her artistic training in Stuttgart, Paris and Berlin; mentioned as being active around 1926 in Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance, and at times in Riedlingen; later lived for many years, together with her husband and her mother-in-law, the painter Paula von Wächter (1860-1944), at Horn Castle in Fischbach near Biberach an der Riß; member of the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts. Source: “Handbuch des Kunstmarktes: Kunstadressbuch für das Deutsche Reich, Danzig und Deutsch-Österreich” (Art Market Handbook: Art Directory for the German Reich, Danzig and German Austria) from 1926, the “museum-digital baden-württemberg” website, Geneanet, records from the Baden-Württemberg State Archives and Schwaebische.de.