Lot 844: Henry Muhrman, American 1854-1916- Washing day by

Henry Muhrman, American 1854-1916- Washing day by a busy street; pastel on olive paper, signed, 21x27cm, Note: Henry Muhrman 1854-1916 American painter and figure painter in oils, pastels and watercolour. An American-born painter who worked mainly in Europe. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, of German parentage. Studied at Cincinnati Art Academy and 1876-8 at the Munich Academy. Began at this time to study watercolour paintings Spent 1878-83 in the USA. Settled in London in 1883, and worked much on Hampstead Heath, along the Thames near Chiswick and at Hastings. First one-man exhibition at the Dowdeswell Galleries, London, 1890. Moved to Meissen in 1901, and became a member of the Munich Secession and the Berlin Secession. Died at Meissen, 1916.