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Wilhelm von Kobell (1766–1853), born in Mannheim, came from a family of painters and trained under his father Ferdinand. Settling in Munich during the 1790s, he studied Upper Bavarian landscapes while developing an important printmaking practice. Dutch masters informed his early investigations, which he extended through precise observation of light.
His hunting scenes, encounters between travellers and rural views arrange figures within broad, open spaces. He also undertook commissions for military paintings, notably for Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria. Professor of landscape painting at Munich’s Academy from 1814, he worked in oil, watercolour and etching. His later Alpine views combine clarity of drawing with attention to atmospheric variation and to relationships between human figures, animals and their surroundings.
This profile brings together identity references for Wilhelm von Kobell and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer · Kornfeld · Germann
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Ink on paper
Kühe am Wasser
Tusche auf Papier
Catalogue period : 2022-04-06
Published result : 1608 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 600–800
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Landschaft mit zwei Kühen, im Hintergrund Schloss Emming von Osten
Aquarell
Catalogue period : 2019-06-13
Published result : 10500 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 12500
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Watercolour on paper
Hirschjagd, 1834
aquarelle sur papier
Catalogue period : 2017-06-21
Published result : 15808 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 8000–12000
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Watercolour and pencil on paper
Tegernsee, 1837
Aquarell und Bleistift auf Papier.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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