CONDITION: GOOD BUT WITH THE PATINA THAT COMES WITH AGE. THE "MALE" PORTRAIT HAS A REPAIR ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE CANVAS AND SEVERAL "PINHOLES" IN THE PAINT (ONLY VISIBLE WHEN EXPOSED TO A LIGHT SOURCE). ALMOST NONE IRREGULARITIES CAN BE SEEN WHEN THE PAINTING IS HUNG. "THE FEMALE" PORTRAIT: ONLY HAS SMALL IRREGULARITIES.
AGE: BOTH PAINTINGS ARE FROM 1897.
SIGNED: CARL V. MEYER. (AT THE TOP RIGHT HAND SIDE) ONLY THE MALE PORTRAIT IS SIGNED
THE SIZE ( BOTH PAINTINGS): IS 18.3" (46.5 CM) x 14.0" (35.5 CM) WITHOUT THE FRAME.
THE FRAMES: ARE THE ORIGINAL ONES. THEY ARE SOLID AND IN A GOOD CONDITION BUT OF COURSE WITH A LITTLE PATINA (PLEASE SEE THE PHOTO) . THEY BOTH MEASURE ABT 2.2"(5.5 CM). READY TO HANG.
MEDIUM: OIL ON CANVAS.
THE ARTIST: CARL VILHLEM MEYER (1870-1938) IS A WELL LISTED DANISH ARTIST. HE STUDIED AT THE ART ACADEMY OF COPENHAGEN WHERE VERMEHREN, FRANTS HENNINGSEN AND OTTO BACHE WERE HIS TUTORS. HE HAS TRAVELLED AND STUDIED IN ROME, FLORENCE, VENICE, VERONA AND SIENNA , SWITZERLAND AND PARIS. HONOURS AND SCHOLARSHIPS: HIELMSTIERNE-ROSENCRONE 1898-99, 1902, RABEN-LEVETZAU 1900, 1904, THE ACADEMY1901,1908, BIELKE 1902. THE ANNUAL MEDAL 1909, 1911 (THE ECKERSBERG MEDAL)MEMBER OF THE ART ACADEMY COPENHAGEN 1911, SERDIN HANSEN PRIZE 1909, N.P. MOLS 1934, OTTO BACHE 1935, BENNY CLAUDI-PEDERSEN 1936, BINDESBØLL 1938. EXHIBITIONS: CHARLOTTENBORG SPRING 1898-1939, ARTISTRS FALL 1907-1912NATIONAL EXHIBTION AARHUS 1909, MUNICH GERMANY 1909,CHARLOTTENBORG FALL 1922, 1934 TOGETHER WITH NUMEROUS OTHER CENSORED AND SEPARATE EXHIBITIONS.(SOURCE: WEILBACHS ART ENCYCLOPAEDIA).
THE ARTISTS STYLE: NATURALISTIC AND VERY DETAILED.
DESCRIPTION: THESE TWO EXQUISITE PAINTING SIMPLY SHOWS AN ELDERLY COUPLE IN THEIR SUNDAY BEST PAINTED IN THE TRADITIONAL ACADEMIC STYLE OG THE TIME.
BID: STARTS AT ONLY $ 399.95.
SHIPPING & DELIVERY : $ 65.00 ( $ 45.00 IN EUROPE) COVERS SHIPPING (PRIORITY), HANDLING AND INSURANCE. EXPECT ABT 5-10 DAYS DELIVERY TIME.