ARTIST: Hugo Wilhelm Kauffmann (Germany, 1844 - 1915)
NAME: Genre Scene
YEAR: 1889
MEDIUM: oil on board
CONDITION: Normal wear along edges. Minor craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light. Damages to frame.
SIGHT SIZE: 11 x 14 inches / 27 x 35 cm
FRAME SIZE: 15 x 18 inches / 38 x 45 cm
SIGNATURE: lower left
CATEGORY: antique vintage painting
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SKU#: 118143
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BIOGRAPHY:
Hugo Wilhelm Kauffmann, a genre painter, was born in 1844 in Hamburg am Chiemsee. Hugo was the son of Hermann Kauffmann the Elder and the father of Hermann Kauffmann the Younger. Huga was a pupil of Martin Gensler and Gunther Gensler in Hamburg from 1861 to 1863. Stadelschule Jakob Becker, Edward Jakob von Steinle and Johann Nepomuk Zwerger worked in the artists' colony in Kronberg im Taunus from 1863-1871. This was interrupted by short periods in Hamburg. In 1867 Hugo spent five months of study at the Academy in Dusseldorf and from 1869-70 he spent a half year studying in Paris. From 1879 to 1911 Hugo took part in the Munich glass Palace exhibitions, the Academy exhibitions and Great Art Exhibitions in Berlin. Kauffmann joined the Munich artist cooperative, which was active in Munich and Prien. Hugo Wilhelm Kauffman passed away in 1915 in Prien.