"Alert Polar Bear with Two Cubs

Ref: 2317

"Alert Polar Bear with Two Cubs

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Ref: 2317

"Alert Polar Bear with Two Cubs

1917
26 x 35.5 cm (10¹/₄ x 14 inches)
Germany
Signed and dated: Richard Friese 16.8. (19)17
Literature:
Andreas Gautschi, Werner Siemers, H. G. Vollmer-Verheyen, Richard Friese – his life – his art, Edition Nimrod, Verlag J. Neumann-Neudamm, 2013
Description: Richard Friese
(Gumbinnen 1854 - 1918 Berlin)

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In 1898, Richard Friese accompanied researchers on the German "Helgoland Expedition" to Spitsbergen to study polar bears. He portrayed the animals in his photographs and paintings.

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