Oskar Pletsch (1830-1888), Portrait of the artists daughter Trude, 1868, Pencil drawing

Beschreibung: Oskar Pletsch (1830 Berlin - 1888 Niederlößnitz (Dresden)), Portrait of the artists daughter Trude, 1868, Pencil drawing on Paper

Technique: Pencil drawing on paper
Size: 9,5 x 17,3 cm | 3 3/4 x 6 3/4 in
Inscription: middle monogrammed: "OP", left and right dated: "25/2 68" and "27/2 68"

Condition: Good overall condition, paper minimally browned, at the back side's left margin slight traces of an old mounting.

Description: The present sheet shows a study of a head in profile and frontally from a raised view of daughter Trude. For the illustration of his figures the observation of his own children was inspiring and a good school.
Oskar Pletsch studied at the Dresden Academy of Art and was a pupil of Ludwig Richter. The influence of Richter is unmistakable in Pletsch's drawings and woodcuts. From Richter's late romanticism he finally developed his own genre painting, which concentrated especially on everyday and family motifs.

Keywords: Biedermeier, Figure, Portrait, Domesticity, Family Portrait, Child, Girl, Family, Portrait Study

Zustand: Good overall condition, paper minimally browned, at the back side's left margin slight traces of an old mounting. Hinweise: Biedermeier, Figure, Portrait, Domesticity, Family Portrait, Child, Girl, Family, Portrait Study Abmessungen: 9,5 x 17,3 cm | 3 3/4 x 6 3/4 in Name des Künstlers: Oskar Pletsch (1830-1888) Medium: Pencil drawing on Paper