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Gottfried Wilhelm Völcker (1775–1849) was a German painter associated with the depiction of flowers and fruit. His practice connected oil painting and porcelain decoration in the context of Berlin’s Royal Porcelain Manufactory. The botanical precision highlighted by Berlin museums accompanies abundant arrangements of blossoms and fruit, bringing observation of nature together with decorative composition. His role as professor of flower painting at the manufactory also places this practice within the transmission of artistic knowledge. A portrait drawn by Johann Heusinger in 1819, held by the Stadtmuseum Berlin, documents his appearance. His work therefore offers a way to consider relationships between still life, decorative arts and teaching in nineteenth-century Berlin.
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Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer · Lempertz
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Oil on canvas
Blumenstillleben mit Vogelnest
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2021-06-05
Published result : 27500 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 10000
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Oil on wood
Blumenstillleben, 1833
Öl auf Holz
Catalogue period : 2015-06-20
Published result : 5184 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 4000–6000
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