(Man Smoking a Pipe) by Hedwig Oehring
(Man Smoking a Pipe)
Hedwig Oehring
Title
(Man Smoking a Pipe)
Artist
Hedwig Oehring
1855 - 1907 (biography)Year
1893
Technique
oil painting on panel
Image Size
9 3/4 x 7 5/16" image and panel
Signature
upper right, in oil
Edition Size
Annotations
dated "93" and annotated "Mehn." in paint, upper left
Reference
Paper
State
Publisher
Inventory ID
19508
Price
$750.00
Description
This is one of Hedwig Oehring's typical genre images - a Bavarian man enjoying a smoke and a stein. Oehring focuses on the complexities of the sitter's facial expression and the creases and ruddiness of a life well lived. She keeps his clothing simple and the surrounding interior undecorated.
Oehring painted this on an oak panel which has a U.S. Customs label on the verso identifying the work as "Fine Art" with a serial number "1644." The carved oak frame, possibly the original, shows signs of wear in harline cracks, but remains overall sturdy.
Hedwig Ohring (Oehring) was a prolific painter, born in Munich, Germany in 1855. Despite a seemingly successful career, we could find little additional information about her life and education.