ARTIST: Oscar Larsen (Austrian, 1882 - 1972)
TITLE: Bacchanalian Scene
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Minor scratches/paint losses. Minor craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light.
ART SIZE: 24 x 32 inches / 60 x 81 cm
FRAME SIZE: 29 x 37 inches / 73 x 93 cm
SIGNATURE: lower right
ATTENTION: This lot is located at our Mamaroneck, NY office.
NAME VARIANTS: Oskar Larsen
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
AD: ART WANTED: Consign, Trade In, Cash Offer
SKU#: 131998
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BIOGRAPHY:
Oscar Larsen was born in 1882. He became a Danish-born Austrian history and genre painter, draftsman, illustrator and graphic artist. He was the son and pupil of the painter Carl Christian Larsen. From 1897-1901 Oscar was a pupil of the graphic teaching and research institute Vienna under Joseph Eugen Horwarter and Viktor Jasper. From 1901-09 he studied at the Vienna Art Academy and here took a master class with Alois Delug. He took study visits to Venice and Munich and was a war painter during World War I. Initially he worked freelance in Vienna and then in 1932-42 in Germany (Berlin) before moving back to Vienna. From 1919, Oscar Larsen was a member of the Vienna Kunstlerhaus. He was also an honorary member of the Royal Academy LonThieme-Becker, etc.