Lot 452: Hermann Eschke Berlin 1823 - Berlin 1900 Steep

Hermann Eschke
Berlin 1823 - Berlin 1900
Steep Coast at Sunset
Oil/canvas, 40 x 66 cm, lo. le. sign. a. dat. H. Eschke 76. - German landscape a. marine painter. E. studied 1841-45 at the Berlin academy under W. Herbig. He continued his studies in Paris under E. Poittevin a. in Berlin under the marine painter W. Krause. After travelling extensively he established his own studio in Berlin. In 1881 he became professor. Among his pupils were Walter Moras, Carl Saltzmann a. Louis Douzette. - Mus.: Berlin (Nat. Gall.), Schwerin, Riga, Oldenburg a. others. - Lit.: Boetticher, Thieme-Becker a. others.