Lot 134: Off Heligoland

Friedrich Ludwig Christian Sturm, Rostock 1834 - Berlin 1906 Off Heligoland, Oil/wood, 13,5 x 23,5 cm, lo. le. sign. Fr. Sturm, on the reverse on label titled 'Bei Helgoland'.- Marine painter a. graphic artist. S. started as a sailor, thereafter he studied at the Berlin a. Karlsruhe academies among others under H. Eschke. He travelled to Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands a. Switzerland, in 1869 he was in Rome. At the London Crystal Palace exhibition 1872 he was awarded a silver medal. - Mus.: Berlin (Nat. Gall.), Leipzig, Schwerin, Coburg, Neubrandenburg. - Lit.: Boetticher, Thieme-Becker, Bénézit a. others.