Oil painting by a German painter representing the Wilhelminian style in the art of Düsseldorf.
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions (clear frame): 49 x 99 cm
- Signed l.d.: Fritz Neuhaus Df. 1894
Fritz Neuhaus
Karl August Friedrich ("Fritz") Neuhaus was born in Elberfeld (now Wuppertal) on April 3, 1852. At the beginning of his career, he served an apprenticeship in a printing shop learning the lithographer's trade. In 1873 he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf, where he took painting lessons from Eduard Gebhardt and Wilhem Sohn. By the second half of the 1870s, he was already running his studio in Wunderbau. He made his debut as a professional painter in 1878 at an exhibition in Berlin. From 1884 he taught drawing and painting at the School of Applied Arts in Düsseldorf, where he also maintained his studio. Neuhaus received the title of professor in 1898. He died on September 5, 1922 in Düsseldorf.
Fritz Neuhaus remained loyal to Kaiser Wilhelm throughout his artistic career. He was a conservative painter and rejected the modern art of the time. He preferred historical, genre and portrait paintings. Like Anton von Werner, he was a representative of Wilhelminianism in painting.
