1362 - Felix Schlesinger (1833 Hamburg – 1910 Munich)

Felix Schlesinger (1833 Hamburg – 1910 Munich) A Peasant Girl at the Dentist Schlesinger depicts in a narrative style the inevitable visit to the doctor, who is sitting in his middle-class parlor reading a book in a wingback chair when he is approached by a peasant woman with her two children. The little girl, suffering from a toothache, must be firmly ushered into the parlor by her mother, while the boy looks on in awe. A sensitively staged, characteristic genre scene by Schlesinger, featuring finely nuanced coloring and subtle use of light and shadow. This prominent genre painter studied at the Düsseldorf Academy under Rudolf Jordan and continued his training in Antwerp and Paris. In 1862/63, he settled in Munich and, until 1908, submitted works to national and international exhibitions featuring depictions of rural life as well as charming and sensitively rendered scenes of children. Oil on wooden panel. Signed lower right; On the reverse, an old label with a certificate of authenticity from the Munich Artists’ Cooperative and a label from Richard Wurm, Munich. 38.6 cm x 52 cm. Framed. Oil on wooden panel. Signed. Old label with certificate of authenticity from the Munich Artists’ Cooperative, artist’s supplier label.