ANTIQUE AMERICAN OIL PAINTING BY HERMAN FUECHSEL

ANTIQUE AMERICAN OIL PAINTING BY HERMAN FUECHSEL
Hermann Fuechsel, German, American, 1833 to 1915, an oil on canvas painting American Landscape with Waterfall. Circa the late 19th century. Housed in an old richly ornate gilt wood and gesso frame and bears an old paper with information about the artist on the back side. Herman Fuechsel was a German-born landscape painter in New York City and was a member of the Artists Fund Society. He began his formal art studies with landscape painter Hans Heinrich Jurgen Brandes and with landscape painter and engraver Karl Friedrich Lessing at the Dusseldorf Academy. While attending the Academy he would meet American artists Albert Bierstadt, Worthington Whittredge and Emanuel Leutze. He began exhibiting at the Pennsylvania Academy in 1860 and continued to exhibit there until 1888. He exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum from 1860 to 1869 and in New York at the National Academy of Design from 1861 to 1900. As a print maker and engraver, Fuechsel produced steel engravings his Hudson River, White Mountain, Lake George, Catskill and Adirondack landscapes. He produced engravings for Albert Bierstadt and several other American landscape painters thus becoming one of the Americas most published artists. One of a kind artwork. Antique American Fine Art, Landscape Paintings And Wall Decor Collectibles.

Dimensions
Frame 27 1/4 x 32 1/2 in. Image 21 1/2 x 26 3/4 in. All measurements are approximate.

Condition
Overall good vintage condition. Signs of age and wear. Chips on frame. Craquelure and small hole on canvas. Refer to photos. Sold As Is.