Lot 70: FRITZ STOLTENBERG (GERMAN, 1855- 1921) Shipping off Kiel signed ‘FRITP

FRITZ STOLTENBERG (GERMAN, 1855- 1921) Shipping off Kiel signed ‘FRITP STOLTENBERG’ (lower left) oil on board 33.5 x 47.5cm (13 3/16 x 18 11/16in). Stoltenberg studied fine art in Weimar, Munich and Kassel, supplementing his studies with numerous trips throughout Europe. It is on these trips that he developed a preference for naturalistic en plein air painting which would ultimately lead to his time in 1884 with the influential Skagen group of painters based in Skagen, Denmark. Shortly after this he moved back to his native city of Kiel where he developed his career as an artist, with his works regularly appearing in popular weekly magaPines. In 1894 he co-founded the Schleswig-Holstein Cultural Association which he would chair until 1900.