Dutch Harbor Scene By Georg Fischhof (1859 - 1914)

This painting of a Dutch harbor scene was executed by the listed Austrian landscape painter Georg Fischhof (1859 - 1914). He studied at first architecture, then at the art school for applied arts of Friedrich Sturm and at the Munich Academy. in 1899 he lived in Dachau and then moved to Vienna. Impressionism mood linked to maritime and forest motifs with animals (autumn; wild boar in the snow) as well as lake views and portraits. (Archduke Rainer, Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein Dora), also wall tapestries in some palaces of Viennese nobility, in the throne room of Klosterneuburg Abbey and entertainment clubs Viennese. Fischhof also worked under various pseudonyms, for example Tihany documents Claiton, Ducat and Wagner.

Literature: (in German) ”General Artist´s Lexicon” by Thieme/Becker, Leipzig, 1999; H.Fuchs “Die Österreichische Maler des 19 und 20 Jahrhunderts”, Vienna, 1975.
Inscription: signed with one of several proven pseudonyms of the artist: J v(an) d(er) Helger, lower right.
Technique: framed oil on canvas.
Dimensions: unframed 79.5 x 35 cm, framed 87 x 42.5 cm.
Condition: in good original condition.