SwissArtGallery · Documented identity
Born on 30 July 1834 in Eberbach, in the Grand Duchy of Baden, Rudolf Epp first trained under Karl Ludwig Seeger, then at the Academy of Fine Arts in Carlsruhe. There he studied with Ludwig des Coudres and Johann Wilhelm Schirmer. In 1859, he spent extended periods painting and drawing in the areas around Freiburg im Breisgau and Landstuhl. After marrying in 1862, he settled in Munich the following year.
The biographical notice reports that the public appreciated his genre paintings and landscapes. Among the documented works is Beim Hasenfüttern, an oil on canvas dated 1879, signed and dated at the lower left. The Schuler Auktionen catalogue gives its dimensions as 80.5 × 64.5 cm and notes a label from Kunsthaus Bühler, Stuttgart, on the reverse. It also states that the canvas has been relined.
This profile brings together identity references for Rudolf Epp and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
6 references are documented at Dobiaschofsky, Schuler, Ketterer. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Oil on canvas
Beim Hasenfüttern
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2025-06-18
Published result : 3800 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3000–4000
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Oil on artist’s board
Brustbildnis eines jungen Mannes mit Tracht.
Öl auf Malkarton
Catalogue period : 2023-05-13
Published result : 175 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 350
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Oil on canvas
Zwei Bauernkinder mit Henne und Entenküken.
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2022-11-04
Published result : 3600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 4500
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Oil on canvas
Trachtenmädchen beim Entkleiden.
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2017-05-13
Published result : 440 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 500
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Mutterglück
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2014-11-21
Published result : 3250 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 2000
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Das Kartenspiel.
Öl auf Mkt.
Date to be documented
Published result : 2200 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1800
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Documentation updated : 2026-10-19
