FUCHS Richard

GROSSE SAHARA

Oil on panel: 25 x 50.5 cm / 9.8 x 19.9 in
Signed and dated '1887' lower left; titled 'grosse Sahara' lower right; label on the back

Painter of local scenes. Orientalist.

Richard Fuchs was born in Berlin on the 7th of March 1852 and he deceased in 1916.

He was a pupil of the Berlin Academy from 1871 till 1872.

He exhibited in Berlin in 1890 and at the “Grosse Kunstausstellung” in 1893, 1894, 1906 and 1908.

He lived for quite some time in Italy and North Africa.

Period:
Berlin 1852 - 1916
German School

Exhibitions:
Berlin

Literature:
E. Bénézit, "Dictionary of Artists", Paris 2006, Vol. 5, p. 1159.