Ref: 1862
African Village with Water Carrier before a Water Source and Sunset
Richard Fuchs
Ref: 1862
African Village with Water Carrier before a Water Source and Sunset
Richard Fuchs
50 x 85 cm (19⁵/₈ x 33¹/₂ inches)
Signed and dated lower right: Rich. Fuchs 05
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right: Rich. Fuchs 05
Oil on canvas
Provenance: Noris Collection, Munich
Important private collection, Hanover
Important private collection, Hanover
Literature: E. Bénézit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, Vol. 4, founded 1960,
p. 106
Artist lexicon Thieme Becker, Vol. XII, Seemann Verlag Leipzig, p. 551
p. 106
Artist lexicon Thieme Becker, Vol. XII, Seemann Verlag Leipzig, p. 551
Description: Oil on canvas
Fuchs was an oriental painter. He lived mostly in Italy and North Africa.
Some of his works were exhibited in Berlin, where he was based.
Fuchs was an oriental painter. He lived mostly in Italy and North Africa.
Some of his works were exhibited in Berlin, where he was based.
Richard Fuchs
Richard Fuchs (1852–1916) was a German Orientalist painter who studied at the Berlin Academy of Arts. He travelled through North Africa and Italy, where he found subjects for paintings of markets, desert landscapes, palace entrances, Arab encampments and river views. His work was characterised by warm colour, strong light and a detailed interpretation of Mediterranean and North African architecture and daily life.
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African Village with Water Carrier before a Water Source and Sunset