Lot 534: Knitting Fisherman

Eschke Hermann
Berlin 1823 - Berlin 1900
Knitting Fisherman
Oil/paper/cardboard/wood, 26 x 37 cm, on the sail monogr. HE. - Landscape a. marine painter, studied 1841-45 at the Berlin academy under W. Herbig. He continued his studies in Paris under E. Poittevin a. in Berlin under the marine painter W. Krause. After travelling extensively he established his own studio in Berlin. In 1881 he became professor. Among his pupils were Walter Moras, Carl Saltzmann a. Louis Douzette. - Mus.: Berlin (Nat. Gall.), Schwerin, Riga, Oldenburg a. others. - Lit.: Boetticher, Thieme-Becker a. others.