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ARTIST: Heinrich Hirt (Germany, 1841 - 1902)
TITLE: Children Playing with Kitten
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Relined. Few minor paint losses. Some craquelure. Few scattered minor inpaintings.
ART SIZE: 29 x 23 inches / 73 x 58 cm
FRAME SIZE: 38 x 32 inches / 96 x 81 cm
SIGNATURE: lower right
ATTENTION: This lot is located at our Mamaroneck, NY office.
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
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SKU#: 132056
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BIOGRAPHY:
Heinrich Hirt concentrated children as subjects; his theme often being their preoccupations and their place in the family. The rapid passing of childhood innocence and the suggestion of youthful amusements were topics that always seemed to find an appreciative audience.Although Hirt was well known as a painter of fine sentimental interpretation, few biographical details are available on his life. He was born in Furth, Germany, the son of a comb factory owner, Georg Karl Wilhelm Hirt. His education and art instruction are not recorded, although his older brother, the sculptor Johann Christian Hirt attended the Munich Academy of Art.
TITLE: Children Playing with Kitten
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Relined. Few minor paint losses. Some craquelure. Few scattered minor inpaintings.
ART SIZE: 29 x 23 inches / 73 x 58 cm
FRAME SIZE: 38 x 32 inches / 96 x 81 cm
SIGNATURE: lower right
ATTENTION: This lot is located at our Mamaroneck, NY office.
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
AD: ART WANTED: Consign, Trade In, Cash Offer
SKU#: 132056
US Shipping $120 + insurance.
BIOGRAPHY:
Heinrich Hirt concentrated children as subjects; his theme often being their preoccupations and their place in the family. The rapid passing of childhood innocence and the suggestion of youthful amusements were topics that always seemed to find an appreciative audience.Although Hirt was well known as a painter of fine sentimental interpretation, few biographical details are available on his life. He was born in Furth, Germany, the son of a comb factory owner, Georg Karl Wilhelm Hirt. His education and art instruction are not recorded, although his older brother, the sculptor Johann Christian Hirt attended the Munich Academy of Art.
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Heinrich Hirt (German,1841-1902) oil painting antique
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