Lot 174: On the High Seas

Carl Wilhelm Hugo Schnars-Alquist Hamburg 1855 - Hamburg 1939 , On the High Seas, Oil/canvas, 55,5 x 75 cm, lo. ri. sign. a. dat. Schnars-Alquist Hamburg 1923., German Marine painter. S.-A. was master student of H. Gude at the Berlin academy, where he maintained a studio. After several trips round the world he settled in Hamburg in 1898 a. became member of the Hamburger Künstlerverein. He was awarded several medals, among others a gold medal in Melbourne in 1889. Also he worked as art juror in international competitions.