Lot 91: Josef Flüggen(Munich 1842-1906) Large Family

Josef Flüggen(Munich 1842-1906) Large Family Portrait, signed and dated Jos. Flüggen 1872, Oil on canvas, 122 x 242 cm, framed, (Rei)See Also: Friedrich von Boetticher, 19th Century Painters, Vol. I, 1, p. 332, No. 4Josef Flüggen: Studied from 1856 at the Munich Academy and from 1859 was a student of Karl Theodor von Piloty, under whose influence he began to paint historical paintings. In 1866 Flüggen brought his studies to an end and travelled to Paris, London, Brussels and Antwerp. At the end of the 1870s there emerged a series of works on the subject of Wagnerian opera, which brought him to the attention of Ludwig II.