Lot 29: In the Kitchen

Ernst Bosch, Krefeld 1834 - Düsseldorf 1917 In the Kitchen, Oil/canvas, 64 x 90,5 cm, lo. le. sign. a. dat. E. Bosch 99. - German portrait, genre a. landscape painter. B. was given his first drawing lessons by W. Tetsch a. H. Lot before studying at the Düsseldorf academy under F. K. Sohn, T. Hildebrandt a. F. W. von Schadow 1852-56. In 1854 he joined the Düsseldorf artist's group 'Malkasten' the head of which he was later to become, he was also member of the Verein Düsseldorfer Künstler. He shared a studio with F. P. Hiddemann 1854-60. B. is one of the main exponents of the Düsseldorf painting school. - Mus.: Bremen, Hannover. - Lit.: Saur, Boetticher, Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Bénézit, Weiss: E. B. - Leben u. Werk. Zur Düsseldorfer Malerei der 2. H. d. 19. Jh., 1992.