Description:

Gustav Karoly Igler
German, 1842-1908
The Newborn
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated '72 lower right. Scene of a mother in her bedroom with her children, including a newborn being held by another daughter. Stamped 'August Lenck Munchen' on back of canvas, in a fine gilt frame.

    Provenance:
  • Gustav Igler was born May 15, 1842 in Odenburg, Austria-Hungary. From 1858, he studied under Ferdinand Georg Waldmuller in Vienna. He then studied painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich under Arthur von Ramberg from October 24, 1868 to 1871. In 1888, Igler was appointed head of the technical painting class at the Royal School of Art in Stuttgart. In 1896 he headed the II. International Painting Exhibition in Stuttgart. He spent most of the summer months in Rothenburg ob der Tauber. Upon retiring in 1914, he returned to Munich. His body of work most commonly depict genre scenes of children at play. His work can be found in numerous private collections in America and Europe, as well as three works held at the Stuttgart Museum of Art.
  • Dimensions:
  • Sight: 29 1/2 x 34 1/2 in. (74.9 x 87.6 cm.), Frame: 42 3/4 x 48 in. (108.6 x 121.9 cm.)
  • Artist Name:
  • Gustav Karoly Igler
  • Medium:
  • Oil on canvas
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