REX Oskar
ALLEGORY OF THE ART OF PAINTING
Watercolour on cardboard: 62 x 48 cm / 24.4 x 18.9 ins
Signed lower right; dedicated by a former lady owner on the back
Painter of genre scenes; draughtsman and painter of gouaches.
Oscar Rex was born on March 26, 1857 in Prague.
He studied in Munich and Paris, where he was a student of Julius de Benczur, Jules Lefebvre and Michel Munkacsy.
He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français in Paris and was awarded a bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1900.
Period:
Born in Prague in 1857
Austrian School
Literature:
E. Bénézit, "Dictionary of Artists", Paris 2006, Vol. 11, p. 936.
U. Thieme & F. Becker, "Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler; von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart", Leipzig 1978, Vol. 28, p. 209.
H. Fuchs, "Die Österreichischen Maler des 19. Jahrhunderts", Vienna 1973, Vol. 3, p. 117 & 350.