Bidspirit auction | Carl Robert Kummer

Carl Robert Kummer - Carl Robert Kummer, Rocky Coast, Sailing Ships in the Distance (Scotland?). Circa 1851.. Carl Robert Kummer 1810 Dresden – 1889 ibid. Ferdinand Avenarius 1856 Berlin – 1923 Kampen auf Sylt Wolfgang Jess 1885 Hanover – 1945 missing in Berlin Oil on paper, laid down on cardboard, this laid down on a second piece of cardboard. Unsigned. Framed in a Berlin moulding. On the reverse of the frame, inscribed by a foreign hand with the artist's name, titled ”Rocks on the Beach” and further inscribed. The painting is included in the supplement to the WVZ Nüdling. Provenance: Private collection in West Germany; estate of Wolfgang Jess; estate of Ferdinand Avenarius, editor of *Der Kunstwart*. See also, by subject: “Sunset on the Scottish Coast, ” 1851, oil on handmade paper, WVZ Nüdling 345. “Scottish Coastal Landscape, ” 1851, oil on painting board, Lindenau Museum, Altenburg, Inv. No. 1137, WVZ Nüdling 352. “Rocky Coast in Scotland, ” 1879, oil on cardboard, WVZ Nüdling 385. We would like to thank Dr. Nüdling, Fulda, for her helpful information. Support minimally warped. Paint layer slightly rubbed in the edge area, right a scratch along the inner frame edge in the rebate area. Pinpoint retouches in the area of the sky and the rocks. Frame significantly rubbed. Dimensions: 18.5 x 24.5 cm, Frame 22 x 27.5 cm. Carl Robert Kummer 1810 Dresden – 1889 ibid. Godchild and student of Caspar David Friedrich. 1826–29 studied at the Dresden Academy with Carl August Richter, since 1829 in the studio of Johann Christian Clausen Dahl. 1832–37 study trip to Italy, Dalmatia and Montenegro, 1851 stay in Scotland, 1859 in Portugal. 1868 journey via Trieste to Cairo, return journey via Sicily, Naples and Rome. Involved in the founding of the German Art Cooperative and on the board of the Hermann Foundation, which supported Saxon artists. Since 1848 honorary member of the Dresden Academy. 1859 appointed professor.