Temple Of Karnak In Egypt By Ludwig Hans Fischer (austrian, 1848-1915)

View of ruins complex Karnak in Egypt was executed by Ludwig Hans Fischer (1848 in Salzburg - 1915 in Vienna), famous Austrian landscape painter, orientalist, graphic artist, draftsman, illustrator, archaeologist and ethnologist.

In 1875, financed by a scholarship from the Academy, he made his first trip to the Orient and visited Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Palestine and Asia Minor. From 1875 to 1877 he lived in Rome. From 1879 he took part in exhibitions in Vienna, Munich, Berlin and Dresden, among others. Between 1882 and 1889, Fischer painted eight murals in the exhibition rooms on the mezzanine floor of the Natural History Museum in Vienna, and in 1890 he painted a lunette with the Heron of Trysa for the Museum of Art History.

Fischer traveled a lot; almost every year he stayed either on the Dalmatian coast, in the Balkans or on Corfu. In 1878 he traveled to Tunis, in 1879 to Norway, in 1880 to Asia Minor, Palestine and Egypt (Fischer's sketchbook from this trip is in the Vienna Museum), in 1882 to Spain and in 1887 again to Egypt (Luxor and Karnak).
In 1891, Fischer visited Egypt again; his last trip there was in 1897.

Fischer was a member of the Association of Fine Artists in Vienna (Künstlerhaus) from 1874, a founding member in 1885 and chairman of the Vienna Watercolorists' Club from 1889 to 1890.

Fischer was a member of the Vienna Anthropological Society and the Vienna Prehistoric Society and from 1891 a correspondent of the Imperial and Royal Central Commission for the Research and Preservation of Architectural Monuments. In 1911 he was appointed Knight of the Franz Joseph Order.

Provenance: private collection in Rome.

Literature: art lexicons by H.Fuchs; Thieme/Becker und others; on-line Wikipedia.

Inscription: signed lower right.

Technique: oil on paper, laid down on canvas, original frame.

Measurements: unframed w. 18 1/2" x h. 13 1/4" (47 x 33,5 cm) ; framed 24 1/3" x 18 7/8" (62 x 48 cm).

Condition: very good condition.