Lot 306: Eduard Charlemont (Vienna 1848-1906)

Eduard Charlemont (Vienna 1848-1906)
A Drink for the Drummer
signed 'E. Charlemont' (lower left)
oil on panel
20 x 15½ (51 x 39.5 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 9 November 1998, lot 66.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Eduard Charlemont studied at the Vienna Academy and was a regular exhibitor at the Salons, winning a gold medal at the 1889 Exposition Universelle. Like his contemporaries Ramberg and Becker, Charlemont found inspiration for his paintings of intimate interiors in the work of the 17th-century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer.