Bachmann Alfred Felix August (1863-1956)

BACHMANN Alfred Félix August (1863-1956) - Bording near the Antique Temple - Oil on canvas signed Low LeftFrame gilded with leaves -                      Dim canvas : 65 X 81 cm  - Dim frame : 92 X 108 cm - BACHMANN Alfred Félix August (1863-1956) German school 19th - 20th Century Born on October 1st, 1863 in Dirschau (close to Dantzig). Died in 1956 in Ambach- on-Obb.   Painter of lively landscapes, marines. Orientalist. He was pupil of the academy of fine arts of Königsberg in old  Prussia-Eastern.  Then he fixed in Munich in 1891.  He was devoted to the landscapes of Iceland,  Normandy,  coasts of Portugal, sites of Ténériffe, sights of Venice, Istanbul and the Bosphorus; what lets suppose that he travelled much. In 1907, in a residence of Francfort-sur-le-Main, he performed with softening a large plank representing a landscape of Iceland. His works should not be confused with those of Adolph Bachmann painter of Swiss origin born in 1880.  Museum : Meudon « La Seine »Bibliography:  E.BENEZIT Dictionary of artists  - Editions Grün Vol I /607