A Favourite Pipe & Enjoying His Pipe, Pair

Object Description

Carl Heuser
German, (1827-1892)
A Favourite Pipe & Enjoying His Pipe
Oil on panel, pair, both signed
Provenance: Frost & Reed
Image size: 6¼ inches x 4¾ inches
Size including frame: 12¼ inches x 10¾ inches

Object Literature

Carl Heuser was a portrait and genre painter who was born in Munich in 1827. He is believed to be the father of the artist Christian Heuser (1863-1942) who painted similar subjects. He specialised in painting highly detailed portraits of Bavarian and Swabian men and women. Many of his works feature local men smoking meerschaum pipes or women in their formal costumes and hair styles. His style is similar to that of artists such as the Austrian painter Carl Kronberger (1841-1921).

The paintings are housed in their original period gilt frames with new slips, which are in excellent condition.

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