Lempertz · Lot 1364
Grimsel
Black chalk
Original catalogue wording
Grimsel
Kreide in Schwarz
Auction date : 2024-05-16
Published result : 5040 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 4000
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Karl Philipp Fohr
Carl Philipp Fohr (1795–1818), born in Heidelberg, gained the support of Princess Wilhelmine Luise of Hesse after his initial drawing instruction. His watercolours combine landscapes with legends of the Black Forest. He attended the Munich Academy in 1815–1816 and travelled through Tyrol, northern Italy and Salzburg, recording his journeys in drawings and watercolour studies.
His friend Ludwig Sigismund Ruhl introduced him to Romantic poetry and oil painting. Interested in the art of Dürer’s era, Fohr walked to Rome in 1816 and worked in Joseph Anton Koch’s studio. His designs for a group portrait of German artists at the Café Greco document this Roman circle. His career ended abruptly when he drowned in the Tiber in 1818, leaving a body of work in which drawing predominates.
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Lempertz · Lot 2223
Ansicht des Heidelberger Schlosses von Osten gesehen
Gouache
Original catalogue wording
Ansicht des Heidelberger Schlosses von Osten gesehen
gouache
Auction date : 2023-05-20
Published result : 32760 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 15000
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