Portrait of Theodore George Gleichman von Oven
Friedrich Carl Gröger (Plön 1766 - Hamburg 1838)
Lot-No. 28
Proceeds : 3.000 €
Oil/canvas, 62,5 x 54 cm, on the reverse inscribed 'Theodore George Gleichman von Oven, Erbauer des ersten eisernen Dampfschiffes in Deutschland', min. rest. - Literature: Cat. rais.: Vignau-Wilberg 351. - German painter a. lithographer, the best North German portrait painter of the early 19th cent., worked in his father's tailor workshop a. learned painting as autodidact, in 1785 he moved to Lübeck where H. J. Aldenrath became his pupil, later they also shared their studio a. their home, since 1789 they studied at the Berlin academy, after travelling extensively they settled in Hamburg in 1814 a. set up a lithographer's workshop where Aldenrath reproduced G.'s famous portrait paintings.
Friedrich Carl Gröger: Portrait of Theodore George Gleichman von Oven
Friedrich Carl Gröger (Plön 1766 - Hamburg 1838)
Portrait of Theodore George Gleichman von Oven
Lot-No. 28
Proceeds : 3.000 €
Oil/canvas, 62,5 x 54 cm, on the reverse inscribed 'Theodore George Gleichman von Oven, Erbauer des ersten eisernen Dampfschiffes in Deutschland', min. rest. - Literature: Cat. rais.: Vignau-Wilberg 351. - German painter a. lithographer, the best North German portrait painter of the early 19th cent., worked in his father's tailor workshop a. learned painting as autodidact, in 1785 he moved to Lübeck where H. J. Aldenrath became his pupil, later they also shared their studio a. their home, since 1789 they studied at the Berlin academy, after travelling extensively they settled in Hamburg in 1814 a. set up a lithographer's workshop where Aldenrath reproduced G.'s famous portrait paintings.