Lot 59: The message

Carl Rudolph Sohn Düsseldorf 1845 - Düsseldorf 1908 , The message, Oil/canvas, 71 x 60,4 cm, sign. lo. le. and dat. C. Sohn. 1872. Mus.: Aachen, Düsseldorf a. others., German portrait, salon a. still life painter, son of the landscape painter Karl Ferdinand S.. After engineering studies in Karlsruhe he was taught in painting by his cousin Wilhelm, S. He worked in Munich a. Düsseldorf, where he lectured at the local academy since 1873. He was married to the daughter of Alfred Rethel.