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Hermann Kern (1838–1912) was born in Liptóújvár, now Liptovský Hrádok in Slovakia, and died in Maria Enzersdorf near Vienna. A physician’s son, he took drawing lessons in Levoča and Prague before studying with Carl Rahl at the Vienna Academy. A Hungarian scholarship brought him to Düsseldorf in 1867, and he continued his training in Munich in 1870.
Initially working as a portrait and genre painter in Budapest, Kern settled permanently in Vienna in 1877. His interior scenes favour people absorbed in everyday activities, often elderly men, with close attention to detail and anecdotal incident. He also painted a ceiling decoration for the theatre in Szeged in 1885. His daughter Pauline subsequently became a painter herself, specialising principally in portraits and landscapes.
This profile brings together identity references for Hermann Kern and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
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Oil on wood
Sitzender Mann mit Zylinder, Geldnote und Münze.
Öl auf Holz
Catalogue period : 2019-05-10
Published result : 1500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2400
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Oil on wood
Der Maler in seinem Atelier.
Öl auf Holz
Catalogue period : 2016-11-11
Published result : 3600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 4000
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Oil on wood
Lesender in einem Interieur
Öl auf Holz
Catalogue period : 2015-12-11
Published result : 2200 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1500–2500
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Musik vor dem Essen.
Öl auf Lwd.
Date to be documented
Published result : 2600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 4800
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Oil on canvas
Entourage de HERMANN KERN — Im Weinkeller.
Öl auf Lwd.
Umkreis
Date to be documented
Circle of
Published result : 700 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1200
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