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AUCTION 35: DECEMBER 2022 DECORATIVE AND FINE ART SALE
Lot 270:
Franz Richard Unterberger (Belgium, Austrian, 1838 – 1902), "Cairo Gate Street Market" Oriental oil on canvas painting depicting a Cairo street scene. Signed by the artist lower left. Housed in a richly decorated gilt wood and gesso frame. Note: Franz Richard Unterberger is best known for his works of colorful, romantic, Italian views. He studied at the Academy of Munich, with Albert Zimmerman, at Weimar, and under Andreas Achenbach at Düsseldorf. He lived in Brussels in 1860 where he was influenced by the Belgian school and later visited southern France and Italy, most notably Naples, where some of his best-known works are known to have been painted. He traveled to Norway, England, and Denmark and exhibited in Vienna, other Continental cities and various Continental museums such as Louviers, Gallerie Roussel, Troyes, and Melbourne, Australia. He received the Order of Francis Joseph medal and died at Neuilly-sur-Seine on May 25, 1902.
Dimensions: 35 x 22 1/2 in., (88.9 x 57.1 cm.)
Condition: Very good with minor signs of wear on frame.
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