138 - T. WEBER (1813–1875), Village Street in Audorf, Austria, 1838, Pencil

T. WEBER (1813–1875), Village Street in Audorf, Austria, 1838, Pencil Therese Weber (1813 Nymphenburg – 1875 Munich): Village street with houses and a goat, Audorf, Austria, 1838, Pencil Technique: Pencil on paper Inscription: Inscribed and dated at the bottom: “Audorf, July 16, 1838” Date: 1838 Description: Sketch by the traveling artist depicting a farmstead with a Tyrolean house and shed. Painted while traveling in the Alpine region, South Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria, or Switzerland. Therese Weber owed her training as an artist to some of the most renowned artists of her time—Karl Rottmann, Christian Morgenstern, and Albrecht Adam—thanks to the encouragement of her uncle, General Freiherr von Weber. After her father’s death, he took Therese in and recognized the girl’s talent and inclination. The artist trained in landscape and animal painting and studied modern languages, history, and literature. She sketched and painted nature on numerous trips to Alsace, Lorraine, and the Bavarian Inn Valley. During a trip to Lake Tegernsee, she met the botanist August Max Einsele, who inspired her to create accurate drawings of the plant world and to compile a picturesque herbarium. Therese Weber excelled as a botanical illustrator and published several collections on local flora, particularly that of the Alpine countries. She also used these studies herself to decorate fans. In her later years, the artist also traveled frequently, accompanied by an adopted orphan. She traveled to Italy, France, and Switzerland and participated in social life. At the age of 62, she succumbed to diphtheria and died on December 30, 1875. Keywords: 19th century, Romanticism, Architecture, Austria, Size: Paper: 29.6 cm x 46.1 cm (11.7 x 18.1 in) Condition: Good condition. The corners of the sheet are slightly bumped and creased. Pale foxing along the left edge of the sheet, which is also clearly creased. The lower right corner of the sheet has been replaced. Soiled in the center of the right side. Restored marginal tear in the upper left corner.