ARTIST: Otto Wilhelm Eduard Erdmann (Germany, 1834 - 1905)
NAME: The Whisper
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Overall good. Very minor craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light.
SIGHT SIZE: 22 x 19 1/2 inches / 55 x 50 cm
FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available)
SIGNATURE: lower right
CATEGORY: antique vintage painting
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SKU#: 121731
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BIOGRAPHY:
Otto Wilhelm Eduard Erdmann was a German genre painter in the Rococo Revival style.His father was the chemist, Otto Linne Erdmann. He began his artistic education at the Leipziger Akademie and later attended the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, followed by the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, where he studied with the genre painter, Ludwig von Hagn. In 1858, he settled in Dusseldorf, where he began to specialize in Rococo Revival paintings, largely set in a light-hearted court environment.He was a member of the artists' association, "Malkasten", and sat on its board of directors for many years. He was also an amateur actor. In 1898, he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle. In addition to his paintings, he created illustrations; notably for the inaugural edition of the Belgian journal, L'Illustration Europeenne in 1870.