Henri Carnier

Henri Carnier (Karl Kaufmann), 19th Century, Busy European Harbor View

Peter Götz Pallmann, Venice, Busy harbor view with coffee Visitors Dimensions without frame 50 x 60 cm Dimensions with frame 67 x 77 cm

Antique oil painting, atmospheric seascape. 19th century. Oil on canvas. Unsigned. Dimensions without frame 80 cm x 122 cm. The painting and the frame are in an age-appropriate co...

Ludwig Hermann German, (1812-1881) A Bustling Harbour Town Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1863 Image size: 26 inches x 36.5 inches Size including frame: 35.25 inches x 45.75 inches A wonderful continental townscape scene of a bustling harbour by Ludwig Hermann. The Medieval architecture is reminiscent of North Germany and the Baltic sea area with its busy trading ports. Figures can be seen chatting to traders as ships sail around the harbour. Ludwig Hermann or Herman was born Elias Ludwig Julius Herrmann at Greifswald, Germany in 1812 to Wilhelm and Sophie Herrmann. Although little is recorded about his early life and education, he is known to have left his home in 1831 at the age of 19, to pursue an artistic career in Berlin. There he entered the Prussian Academy of Arts where he studied under Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764-1850). Hermann started exhibiting at the Berlin Academy exhibitions in 1836. A year later in 1837, he travelled to Paris to study under Eugène Isabey (1803-1886) and Eugène Lepoittevin (1806-1870). By 1841 he had returned to Berlin where he married Caroline Wilhelmine ‘Auguste’ Dupont on 16 October, 1841. From his base in Berlin he travelled around Europe painting views of France...

This atmospheric maritime scene by the artist Arthur McArthur (1827-1892) depicts a bustling harbour. The composition skilfully balances the foreground activity of boats and figures ...