Albert Friedrich Schroder (1854 - 1939) Germany
Title: The Proposal Considered
Oil on Panel
Measure 11 3/8"in H x 15 3/8"in W and 20"in H x 16"in W with frame

Known for: Figure, portrait and upper-class genre painting
Biography: Despite his German origins he was born in Dresden in 1854 and was a member of the Munich School of Painting Albert Friedrich Schroder was keenly influenced by the art of the Lowlands. He was a pupil of Charles Verlat, the Belgian painter and also studied under Pauwels. Albert Friedrich Schroder was fond of historical and costume painting although he did also paint figures and portraits and worked as an illustrator the work A Game of Backgammon is very indicative of his historical or cavalier painting. Backgammon often appeared in seventeenth century Dutch and German paintings including those by Bosch and Bruegel, and Schroder is showing his accurate research by depicting the game. Historical accuracy was obviously crucial, although many nineteenth century painters certainly took artistic license when it came to their themes these were certainly made palatable to nineteenth century bourgeois sensibilities.

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