Alexander Kircher, Winter alpine landscape View past snow-covered spruces, towards an imposing rock massif bathed in the light of the setting sun, under a dark orange illuminated sky, partly lightly impasto landscape painting, oil on canvas, c. 1920-30, signed lower left "-Alex-Kircher-", two backed spots and extract from Thieme-Becker pasted on canvas on reverse, slight craquelure, folding dimensions approx. 69.5 x 99.5 cm. Artist info: also Alex Kircher, German-Austrian marine and landscape artist.Austrian marine and landscape painter (1867 Trieste to 1939 Berlin), naval officer career in the K. u. K. War navy, after foot injury from 1888 study of painting at the academy in Berlin, subsequently extended study trips, 1893 participation in the decoration of the buildings at the World's Fair in Chicago and activity as an illustrator and designer of postcards for various publishers, 1895-1900 professor at the Academy of Arts Trieste, 1904 move from Trieste to Dresden, 1906 move to Moritzburg, Franz Joseph I. and Wilhelm II commissioned the artist with numerous naval and fleet pictures, source: Thieme-Becker, Wikipedia and Internet.