THIERSCH Ludwig
LEISURE TIME ON THE SHORES OF THE KÖNIGSSEE AT THE MALERWINKEL
Oil on canvas: 84 x 124 cm / 33 x 48.8 ins
Signed and dated '1874' lower left
Painter of genre scenes, religious subjects and murals.
Ludwig Thiersch was a student of Heinrich von Hess, Jules Schnoor and Carl Schom. In 1852 he went with his father to Athens, returning in 1855. In 1856 he went to Vienna for a commission. He settled in Munich in 1857. He was a member of the Academy of Saint-Petersburg and in 1861 joined the Berlin Academy. His work was seen at the Munich Exhibition in 1858.
Thiersch painted the frescoes for the Greek Orthodox church in Vienna.
Period:
Munich 1825 - 1909
German School
Exhibitions:
Aachen
Literature:
E. Bénézit, "Dictionary of Artists", Paris 2006, Vol. 13, p. 860.
U. Thieme & F. Becker, "Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler; von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart", Leipzig 1978, Vol. 33, p. 36.