128 - T. WEBER (1813-1875), Landscape sketch, Southern Germany, Pencil

T. WEBER (1813-1875), Landscape sketch, Southern Germany, Pencil Therese Weber (1813 Nymphenburg - 1875 Munich): Landscape Sketch, Southern German Landscape or Pre-Alps, 19th century, Pencil Technique: Pencil on Paper Date: 19th century Description: Sketchy landscape painting of a wide plain with gentle hills. In front a small lake with trees is sketched. A house is sketched at the lower right. On the verso is a nature study at a crossroads. Therese Weber owes her training as an artist to the encouragement of her uncle, General Freiherr von Weber, by some of the most renowned artists of her time, Karl Rottmann, Christian Morgenstern and Albrecht Adam. After her father's death, he took Therese in and recognized the girl's talent and inclination. The artist trained herself in the field of landscape painting and animal painting and occupied herself with modern languages as well as history and literature. On numerous trips to Alsace, Lorraine and the Bavarian Inn valley, she drew and painted nature. On a trip to Lake Tegernsee she met the botanist August Max Einsele, who inspired her to draw the plant world accurately and to create a picturesque herbarium. Therese Weber excelled as a plant painter and published several compilations on the local flora, especially of the Alpine countries. She also used the studies herself to decorate fans. Later in life, the artist also traveled frequently, accompanied by an adopted orphan. She traveled to Italy, France and Switzerland and took part in social life. She succumbed to diphtheria at the age of 62 and died on 30 December 1875. Keywords: 19th century, Romanticism, Landscape, Germany, Size: Paper: 24,1 cm x 30,0 cm (9,5 x 11,8 in) Condition: Good condition. The corners of the sheet are damaged by bumps and creases. Sporadically minimally spotted. Single dark stains at upper right. Short marginal tear lower left.