ARTIST: Ludwig Geschosmann (Germany, 1894 - 1988)
NAME: Horse Racing
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: One scratch 1/2" long. Restretched. No visible inpaint under UV light.
SIGHT SIZE: 30 x 24 inches / 76 x 60 cm
FRAME SIZE: unframed
SIGNATURE: lower left
PROVENANCE: Arnot Gallery NY (has gallery stamp on verso)
CATEGORY: antique vintage painting
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BIOGRAPHY:
Ludwig Gschossmann's birth records are unclear; sources have recorded the artist's birth in either Strasbourg or Munich, in 1894, 1901, or between 1913-1914. He spent his formative years in Wachau, Germany, and later studied at a number of art schools in Hamburg, Lubeck, and Augsberg. While attending the Munich Academy of Fine Arts, he developed his refined painting technique. His style was influenced by artist Otto Pippel, one of Germany's most noted impressionist artists, after whose work Gschossmann began implementing a looser brushstroke technique in his oil paintings and embraced "en plein air" (or out of doors) painting.He is best known for his paintings of Tegernsee lake scenes, horse and carriage subjects, as well as his opera-ballroom compositions. (Gschossmann studied theater set design, as well as painting, while attending art school.)The artist lived the majority of his life in Tegernsee, a rural lake shore village nestled in the Bavaria Alps. In 1978, 1981, and 1983, Gschossmann sought international recognition for his work, and submitted works of art to two important auction houses in Germany: Hugo Ruef and Haus der Kunst.The artist died in Tegernesee in 1988.