Lot 428: Johann Caspar Bosshardt (Pfäffikon/Kanton Zürich

Johann Caspar Bosshardt (Pfäffikon/Kanton Zürich 1823-1887 Munich) The Latest News, signed and dated C. Bosshardt 1875, Oil on canvas, 64 x 80,5 cm, framed, (W) Literature: Friedrich von Boetticher, 19th Century Painters, Vol. I, 1, Dresden 1891-1901, p. 122, No 8. Lexicon of the Dusseldorfer Painting School, Vol. 1, Munich 1997, p. 180. Exhibited: International Art Exhibition, Vienna 1871; Munich Kunstverein, Munich 1876; World Exhibition, Paris 1878; International Art Exhibition, Munich 1879; Academy Exhibition, Dresden 1880. Provenance: Heye, Dresden; collection of Georg Schäfer, Schweinfurt Johann Caspar Bosshardt: This artist came from Pfäffikon and was known for his depictions of Swiss history. He first trained as an artist in Zurich then later in Dusseldorf and Munich. In Dusseldorf he studied under, among others, Wilhelm Schirmer and Wilhelm von Shadow. The painting offered here is an example of Bosshardt's turn towards genre painting in the 1870s. His resulting popularity is attested by the fact that this painting was re-exhibited three years after its initial showing at the Paris World Exhibition in 1878.