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Hermann Pleuer
1863 - 1911
Einfahrender Zug mit leuchtenden Laternen. 1898.
Oil on cardboard.
Signed and dated in the lower right. 27.3 x 41 cm (10.7 x 16.1 in).
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• Hermann Pleuer's dynamic, atmospheric impressions of railways and train stations are considered pioneering works of industrial painting in Germany.
• The artist's works can be found in major museum collections, such as the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and the Bavarian State Painting Collections in Munich.
• Offered on the international auction market for the first time (source: artprice.com).
PROVENANCE: Hofrat Apollo Klinckerfuß (1840-1923), Stuttgart.
Family-owned ever since.
EXHIBITION: Commemorative exhibition for Hermann Pleuer, Museum der bildenden Künste, Stuttgart, 1911, cat. no. 128.
LITERATURE: Gabriele Kiesewetter, Hermann Pleuer 1863-1922. Leben und Werk. Die Entdeckung der Geschwindigkeit, Stuttgart 2000, CR no. 1898,39.
backside image.