ARTIST: Anthony Biester (Ohio, Germany, 1837 - 1917)
TITLE: Lady with Gloves
YEAR: 1880
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Few small paint losses. Some craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light. Some damages to frame.
ART SIZE: 24 x 18 inches / 60 x 45 cm
FRAME SIZE: 32 x 26 inches / 81 x 66 cm
SIGNATURE: lower left
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
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BIOGRAPHY:
Anthony Biester was born in 1837 in Cleves, Germany. When he turned out to have drawing talent at a young age, he was enrolled at the Zeichen - Collegium of the landscape painter B.C. Koekkoek. This famous Dutchman left an unmistakable mark on his pupils, which would later be referred to as "Cleves Romanticism". Characteristic for this were panoramic summer landscapes with rocks and forest areas, upholstered rural people and animals. Because Biester eventually left for the United States with his wife and son in 1871, he has remained one of Koekkoek's least known students. He eventually settled in Madisonville, where he made a name for himself as Antony Biester as as painter of portraits and romantic and winter landscapes. He exhibited in Chicago Art Institute, Indiana State Exp., and Cincinnati Art Museum; received gold medal at Indiana State Exp.; member of Cincinnati Art Club.