Ferdinand Zschäck .1801 - 1877

Ferdinand Zschäck, signed lower left, Ghota, Thuringia, second third of the 19th century, valuable and decorative oil on canvas. View of the mountains and the Thuringian Forest, with river and castle. Painting from the mature Biedermeier period with a romantic taste, of excellent pictorial quality; excellently preserved and with great visual impact, also considering the considerable dimensions. Original Biedermeier gilded and ebonized frame, restored to perfection. Minimal and extremely localized conservative restorations. Overall dimensions cm.149 x 116, canvas only cm.128 x 88 Ferdinand Zschäck, also called Schäck, was a German painter specializing in landscapes. Born: 21.12.1801 in Eisenberg - Died on 31.12.1877 in Gotha (Thuringia). Active from 1816 to 1877 in Germany. He was born in Eisenberg, and after studying and working as a porcelain painter, he arrived in Gotha at the age of 20 and from 1839 he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Dusseldorf. Then, after graduating, he continued to reside in Gotha, at the court of Ernest II who commissioned many works from him. He was the first landscape painter to show us in many paintings the beauty of the forests of Thuringia. He arrived in Gotha at the age of 20 and at the age of 38 he joined the Dusseldorf Academy. There he began to attract the attention of the masters. His paintings, which he partly sent to Ghota, were pleasing to the Duke, for whom he began to paint. One of his important paintings "hunting in the forests of Inselsberg" is kept in the castle of Reihardsbrunn. Most of his other paintings found a place in the royal castles of England and Portugal, so his painting remained rare in his home country. He died in December 1877 and was buried in the Galberg cemetery in Gotha. Literature: Gothaer Gedenkbuch, G. Schneider, 1909, Page 173 His main works are kept in public galleries: Hörselberg Ferdinand Zschäck, Friedenstein castle - Museum of the history of art of Hörselberg Luther on the road to Wartburg Ferdinand Zschäck, 1843, Gotha, Friedenstein castle museum Ferdinand Zschäck, um 1850, Drawing of the Friedenstein castle - Museum of the history of art of Ghota Nine views of Gotha Ferdinand Zschäck (attributed), Museum of the history of art of Ghota Callenberg Castle: view from the window of the main floor, oil on canvas Rosenau Castle (Bavaria). View of Rosenau Castle In accordance with the provisions of the New Code of Cultural Heritage, the selling company provides detailed written photographic guarantee of originality and provenance of the works sold at the same time as the sale. The data with which the works are described and then contained in the written guarantees are express determinations resulting from accurate and documented technical/historical/artistic investigations, even of an expert nature.