Wilhelm Brücke - Landscape with Peasants at the Bay of Salerno
Wilhelm Brücke
Landscape with Peasants at the Bay of Salerno
Oil on canvas. 78 x 112 cm.
Signed and dated lower right: W. Brücke 18(60).
(Johann) Wilhelm Brücke, a goldsmith's son, became an artist like his two brothers, studying at the Berlin academy. He first specialised in architectural vedutas, and became well known for his architectural studies of Berlin. He later began painting the landscapes of Italy, where he resided from 1829-1834 and again from 1839-1840.
Certificate
Kunsthandlung Erich Beckmann, Hannover, 5. May 1977 (copy).
Provenance
Kunsthandlung Erich Beckmann, Hannover 1977 (verso gallery label). - Private collection, North Germany. - Lempertz auction 995, Cologne,12.5.2012, lot 1555. - Private collection, Rhineland.
Literature
Friedrich von Boetticher: Malerwerke des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, vol. 1.1, p. 139, no. 24.
Exhibitions
Kunstausstellung Dresden, 1861.