VOLKERS, EMIL1831 Birkenfeld - 1905 Düsseldorf


Title: "Rumänisches Genrebild".
Retinue of famers in front of wide landscape.
Date: 1871.
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Mounting: Relined.
Measurement: 50 x 72cm.
Notation: Signed and dated"E. Volkers 1871".
Frame: Framed.
Verso label of the "Vereins Düsseldorfer Künstler zu gegenseitiger Unterstützung und Hülfe"

Provenance:
Private ownership, Germany.

From 1867, the Düsseldorf painter Emil Volkers undertook a study trip to Romania at the invitation of the Romanian Prince Carol I. He also lived in Bucharest until 1880. Volkers also had a residence in Bucharest until 1880. During his longer stays in Romania, he created these genre scenes of Romanian country life.