Lot 73: Farm Yard with View to the Sea

Otto Weber, Berlin 1832 - London 1888 Farm Yard with View to the Sea, Oil/canvas, 64 x 107 cm, lo. ri. sign. Otto Weber, min. rest., relined. - German landscape painter. W. was pupil of K. Steffeck at the Berlin academy. He moved to Paris, lived in Rome 1871-73 a. finally settled in London. He exhibited at the Royal Academy but also at the Berlin academy a. at the Paris Salon. His most prominent purchaser was queen Victoria. - Mus.: London (V&A;), Lille, Melbourne. - Lit.: Thieme-Becker.