1347 - Paul Weber (1823 Darmstadt – 1916 Munich)

Paul Weber (1823 Darmstadt – 1916 Munich) A Shepherd Returning Home with His Flock in the Evening Light A large-format work by Weber that subtly captures the evening atmosphere; he was one of the most important Munich landscape painters of the second half of the 19th century and a founder of the “Paysage intime” movement in Germany. From 1842 to 1844, he studied at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main under Jakob Becker; together with Anton Burger, he moved to Munich, where he attended the Academy until 1848. He completed his artistic training under Josephus Laurentius Dyckmans and Gustave Wappers in Antwerp. In 1849, he traveled to the United States, toured the country, and, beginning in 1854, became a renowned painter in Philadelphia, where he also taught at the local academy. He returned to Germany in 1861 and settled in Munich in 1872. He gave private lessons to his son-in-law, Philipp Röth, who accompanied him on painting trips along with Eugen Bracht. Beginning in 1864, Weber traveled to Paris several times, painted in Fontainebleau, and there met artists from the Barbizon School, such as Jean-François Millet. In Munich, he particularly enjoyed painting Upper Bavarian landscapes, often from the surrounding area, which he enlivened with animal or human figures. Oil on canvas, relined; signed lower right; 71.5 cm x 122 cm. Framed. Oil on canvas, relined. Signed.