Oil on canvas, relined
Munich, 1857
Friedrich Voltz (1817-1886) – Animal and landscape painter of the Munich School
Signed and dated lower left ‘Fried. Voltz. 57.‘
Ornate frame with plaque ‘Friedrich Voltz’
Dimensions: 83 x 80 cm
Good condition
Provenance: Private collection, Bavaria
An atmospheric landscape with a shepherd and cows executed in the fine brushwork of the renowned Munich animal painter Friedrich Voltz; his paintings fetch up to €84,000 on the international auction market

The Munich School was of great importance for the academic painting of the 19th century and has produced great artists, including the animal painter Friedrich Voltz. In the present work the latter has created an atmospheric composition with a typical lifelike animal scene. Influenced by the Dutch painters he developed an evocative imagery and painted primarily landscapes with animals, often cows, since the 1850s.



The work is signed and dated lower left ‘Fried. Voltz. 57.’. The painting is in good condition with some barely noticeably craquelure. The canvas is relined. There are minor retouchings to the edges and some scattered small retouchings in the presentation as well as tiny color chips in area of the wall. The frame shows signs of age. The framed work measures 113 x 109 cm, the stretcher frame measures 83 x 80 cm.



Friedrich Voltz (1817-1886)

Friedrich Voltz, an animal and landscape painter of the Munich school, received a first artistic training with his father, the painter, engraver and illustrator Johann Michael Voltz (1784-1858). He began his career as an etcher and studied in Munich at the Academy from 1834 onwards. At the same time, he created studies from Dutch paintings in the Pinakothek and from nature, influenced by the work of Albrecht Adam, Carl Spitzweg and Eduard Schleich. Until the end of the 1830s, Voltz painted landscapes in the Bavarian mountains. Since 1841, he devoted himself to animal paintings. In 1846, he traveled through Belgium and the Netherlands and then followed the Dutch atmospheric painters. Since the 1850s, he concentrated on landscapes with animals. Today, Voltz is considered one of the most important German animal painters. His works are on display in important museum collections, including the Pinakothek in Munich and the Berliner Nationalgalerie. (tfa)

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