ARTIST: ATTRIBUTED TO August Riedel (Italian, German, 1799 - 1883)
NAME: Interior Scene
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: One small patch. Some craquelure. Some small scattered inpaintings. Minor damages to frame.
SIGHT SIZE: 17 x 20 1/2 inches / 43 x 53 cm
FRAME SIZE: 29 x 33 inches / 73 x 83 cm
SIGNATURE: unsigned but has remnants of label on verso
NAME VARIANTS: Johann Friedrich Ludwig Heinrich August Riedel, August Riedl
CATEGORY: antique vintage painting
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BIOGRAPHY:
August Riedel, also known as Johann Friedrich Ludwig Heinric, Italy. He was a German painter who spent much of his career in Italy. His father was the architect, Karl Christian Riedel.Johann studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, with Robert von Langer, then went to Dresden, where he was able to copy works by the Old Masters. Their treatment of color had a great influence on his mature works.In 1823, he was able to visit Italy, where he met many of the German artists associated with the Nazarene movement. From 1828 to 1829, he returned to Italy and stayed in Florence. After three more years in Munich, he settled permanently in Rome; although he travelled extensively and would occasionally return to Germany to fulfill commissions.He was especially known for his genre scenes and sensitive portraits of women. One of his best known early works is a portrayal of the Biblical figure, Judith, from 1840.Although he enjoyed great financial success, receiving commissions from members of the German and Italian nobilities, as well as the Kingdom of Bavaria, he outlived his style and came to be seen as old-fashioned as critical tastes turned to Realism. By the time he had grown old, his fame had greatly diminished.He died at the age of eighty-three and was interred at the Protestant Cemetery, Rome. His works may be seen at the Neue Pinakothek in Munich and the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin.