1452 - Gotthard Kuehl (1850, Lübeck – 1915, Dresden), attributed;

Gotthard Kuehl (1850, Lübeck – 1915, Dresden), attributed; A Lively Summer Day at the Viktualienmarkt in Munich An Impressionist cityscape painted with soft, impasto brushstrokes. Kuehl studied at the academies in Dresden and Munich; after his first encounter with French Impressionism in 1873 at the Vienna World’s Fair, he settled in Paris himself from 1878 to 1889. In 1895, he was appointed professor at the Dresden Academy. In 1896, he received a large gold medal at the International Art Exhibition in Berlin. Kuehl was one of the early board members of the German Artists’ Association and a founding member of the Dresden Artists’ Association in 1909. In addition to quiet, private interiors and genre scenes, his body of work also includes cityscapes—some with figures—architectural landscapes, and church interiors, in which he masterfully captured the play of light and color. Kuehl is considered one of the most important representatives of early German Impressionism. As an influential and successful teacher, his ideas lived on in the so-called Kuehl School, notably through Otto Pippel. Oil on canvas, lined; 92.5 cm x 118 cm. Provenance: Doyle Auction, New York, May 20, 1998, Lot 00169. Attributed to Gotthard Kuehl (1850–1915). Oil on canvas, relined.