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Heinrich Bürkel

The Bavarian painter of genre scenes and landscapes Heinrich Bürkel (1802–1869) studied in Munich. In 1830, he exhibited at the Brussels Salon A Landscape with Figures, a Traveller Having One of His Horses Shod. In his history of modern painting, Richard Muther places him among the Munich painters associated with the shift from military painting to peasant subjects.

A work titled Kirche in der Ramsau bei Mondschein, attributed to him in an auction notice, is an oil on wood measuring 21 × 26.5 cm. The notice states that Bürkel also made the composition in a snowy winter variant; this variant appeared at auctions in Cologne in 1979 and London in 2008. Kirche in der Ramsau bei Mondschein was presented in 1969 in the exhibition Heinrich Bürkel zum 100. Todestag. Gemälde und Graphik at the Pfalzgalerie in Kaiserslautern, as number 58. The catalogue of the artist’s work compiled by Hans-Peter Bühler and Albrecht Krückl lists it in 1989 as number 386, page 268, with an illustration.

The published provenance of this work mentions the Georg Schäfer Collection in Schweinfurt, followed by a Winterberg sale in Heidelberg in 2002 and a private collection in south-western Germany. Bürkel died in Munich on 10 June 1869.

This profile brings together identity references for Heinrich Bürkel and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.

Documented auction references

10auction references
3auction houses
9documented results with prices

Lempertz · Dobiaschofsky · Schuler

References include catalogue entries and available results; they do not all represent completed sales. Attributed works and special lots are excluded from the priced results.

Works recorded at auction

Heinrich Bürkel — Stier und Bauer
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Lempertz · Lot 1701

Stier und Bauer

Oil on canvas

Original catalogue wording

Stier und Bauer
Öl auf Leinwand

Auction date : 2022-11-19

Published result : 10080 EUR

Including buyer’s premium

Estimate : 10000

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Heinrich Bürkel — Gebirgssee
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Lempertz · Lot 2365

Gebirgssee

Oil on canvas

Original catalogue wording

Gebirgssee
Öl auf Leinwand

Auction date : 2022-05-21

Published result : 7500 EUR

Including buyer’s premium

Estimate : 10000

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Heinrich Bürkel — "Steinbruch".
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Dobiaschofsky · Lot 2046

"Steinbruch".

Oil on paper

Original catalogue wording

"Steinbruch".
Öl auf Papier

Catalogue period : 2022-05-07

Published result : 800 CHF

Fees not specified in the available data

Estimate : CHF 1600

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Heinrich Bürkel — "Moorgegend bei Murnau mit dem Floss".
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Dobiaschofsky · Lot 360

"Moorgegend bei Murnau mit dem Floss".

Oil on canvas

Original catalogue wording

"Moorgegend bei Murnau mit dem Floss".
Öl auf Leinwand

Catalogue period : 2022-05-06

Published result : 5500 CHF

Fees not specified in the available data

Estimate : CHF 7000

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Heinrich Bürkel — Rauferei vor einem Wirtshaus
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Lempertz · Lot 1678

Rauferei vor einem Wirtshaus

Oil on canvas

Original catalogue wording

Rauferei vor einem Wirtshaus
Öl auf Leinwand

Auction date : 2021-11-20

Published result : 32500 EUR

Including buyer’s premium

Estimate : 25000

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Heinrich Bürkel — Rastende Familie vor einer Osteria
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Lempertz · Lot 1679

Rastende Familie vor einer Osteria

Oil on canvas

Original catalogue wording

Rastende Familie vor einer Osteria
Öl auf Leinwand

Auction date : 2021-11-20

Published result : 7500 EUR

Including buyer’s premium

Estimate : 10000

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Heinrich Bürkel — Treidler ziehen ein Schiff stromaufwärts
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Lempertz · Lot 2520

Treidler ziehen ein Schiff stromaufwärts

Oil on canvas

Original catalogue wording

Treidler ziehen ein Schiff stromaufwärts
Öl auf Leinwand

Auction date : 2020-05-30

Published result : 21250 EUR

Including buyer’s premium

Estimate : 14000

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Heinrich Bürkel — Nächtliches Feuer neben der Kirche in Ramsau
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Schuler · Lot 3230

Nächtliches Feuer neben der Kirche in Ramsau

Oil on wood

Original catalogue wording

Nächtliches Feuer neben der Kirche in Ramsau
Öl auf Holz

Catalogue period : 2017-06-23

Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed

Estimate : CHF 2500–3500

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Heinrich Bürkel — Italienisches Landschaftsmotiv in den Bergen
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Lempertz · Lot 1528

Italienisches Landschaftsmotiv in den Bergen

Oil on paper, mounted on canvas

Original catalogue wording

Italienisches Landschaftsmotiv in den Bergen
Öl auf Papier, auf Leinwand

Auction date : 2017-05-20

Published result : 52080 EUR

Including buyer’s premium

Estimate : 4000

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Heinrich Bürkel — Church in Ramsau by Moonlight
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Lempertz · Lot 77

Church in Ramsau by Moonlight

Oil on wood

Original catalogue wording

Kirche in der Ramsau bei Mondschein
Öl auf Holz

Auction date : 2016-03-16

Published result : 4712 EUR

Including buyer’s premium

Estimate : 5000

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Sources and references

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