Melchior Kern, Landscape With Meadow & Buildings

Melchior Kern, Landscape With Meadow & BuildingsAn atmospheric late 19th century oil on board depicting a meadow before several buildings and trees. The artist, Melchior "Melch" Kern (1872 1947), trained at the Munich Art Academy and worked in and around the City for most of his life. He generally painted scenes from rural villages and seemed to enjoy working in the landscape. During his lifetime, he was represented at the Munich Art Exhibition and the Great Berlin Art Exhibition. The painting is

The painting is signed in the lower right and housed within a later frame

Several small losses on the right-hand side but otherwise fine

If you would like the frame touched up

Kopparberg County

Overall size 25” x 21” / 63cm x 54cm

Netherlands

Little is known about him but many painters undertook study trips to France during the 19th-century

21⅓” x 12½” / 54cm x 32cm

This particular portrait is a bust-length study and certainly captures the relaxed expression of the composer

Hahn believed that art should be enjoyed by everyone so he sought to create illustrations that were easy to understand

a vast sky is thick with rolling clouds

Size including frame 23” x 30¼” / 58cm x 77cm