Tag: Biedermeier

Paintings of Biedermeier interiors filled with people living life on an day in June. Georg Friedrich Kersting, painter. Living from 1785 to 1847, he was a friend of Caspar David Friedrich.

Man reading by lamplight. 1814. German. Oil on canvas. Georg Friedrich Kersting, painter (1785-1847). Signed on the lower left. Collections of the Kunst Museum Winterthur. Artwork itself is in the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kersting_-_Lesender_Mann_beim_Lampenlicht.jpg
At the Mirror. 1827. German. Oil on canvas. Georg Friedrich Kersting, painter (1785-1847). Collections of the Kunsthalle Kiel. Image source: Web Gallery of Art. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Georg_Friedrich_Kersting_-_At_the_Mirror_-_WGA12123.jpg
Reinhard Study Room. ca. 1811. German. Oil on canvas. Georg Friedrich Kersting, painter (1785-1847). Image © and collections of the Altenational Galerie Staatliche Museem zu Berlin. Jörg P. Anders, photographer. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/reinhard-study-room-georg-friedrich-kersting/vAHMlSYRI9Q-vA
A Bedroom with Sunlight. ca. 1812. German. Watercolor and graphite on paper. Georg Friedrich Kersting, watercolorist (1785-1847). Initialed G.K. on the upper right. Collections of the Staatliche Kunsthalle. Artwork itself is in the public domain due to age. via https://www.pubhist.com/w12813

Biedermeier mantel clocks to channel your inner Queen Victoria. Very stylish when she and Albert married in 1840.

Biedermeier mantel clock, with a square case with a concave top surmounted by turned white marble and a scrolling gilt bronze finial, supported by a semi circular support studded with roundels and pierced decoration on a rectangular plinth base with four marble bun feet. The gilt engine turned dial with a white enamel chapter ring with Arabic numerals and white enamel date dial. Pendulum with silk suspension. ca. 1820. Probably Austrian. Walnut, marble, enamel and gilt bronze. Maker not known. Image © Chiswick Auctions, London and lotsearch.de. Fair use license. via https://www.lotsearch.de/lot/an-ealry-19th-century-gilt-bronze-mounted-walnut-biedermeier-mantel-clock-50698272?utm_source=auction-newsletter-email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Auktionsnewsletter&utm_content=Email:%20Auktio
Biedermeier mantel clock. Eagle finial over an enameled and painted clock face over an inlaid portico with mirror back and alabaster columns on a plinth base. 1825. Austrian. Pearwood with bronze mounts. Maker not known. Image © 1stdibs.com, Inc. 2020. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/clocks/mantel-clocks/biedermeier-pearwood-bronze-mounted-mantle-clock/id-f_8607803/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwk8b7BRCaARIsAARRTL5ma-NHIJiePpjcgzWN56J4CmnoVR_pFK_JT9bHD2E2YBTWA6cUA9EaAvh8EALw_wcB&g
Biedermeier bronzed and gilt carved figural striking mantel clock with an Arabic “Augenwender” figure with blinking eyes. The standing male Arabic figure is depicted playing bagpipes, flanking the clock case on rockwork. White Arabic enamel chapter ring with an engine turned gilt-brass center and moon hands. ca. 1820. Austrian. Bronze and gilt carved wood with enamel. Maker not known. Image © Van Dreven Antique Clocks and artlistings.com. Fair use license. via https://www.artlistings.com/Clocks/Table-Clocks/An-Austrian-Arabic-Augenwender-figure.-Biedermeier-mantel-clock.-ca.-1820

Still lifes by Austrian artist Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller. Living from 1793 to 1865, he was one of the most important Austrian painters of the Biedermeier period. Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and taught there too.

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“The Birthday Table.” 1840. Oil on panel. Collections of the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne. In the public domain due to age. via https://lyghtmylife.tumblr.com/image/81231206273

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Still life with oysters, fish and exotic fruits. 1842. In the public domain due to age. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ferdinand_Georg_Waldm%C3%BCller_-_Stillleben_mit_Austern,_Fischen_und_S%C3%BCdfr%C3%BCchten_-_1842.jpg

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Bouquet with silver vessels and an antique vase. 1840. Collections of the Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 100 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1840_Waldm%C3%BCller_Blumenstrau%C3%9F_mit_Silbergef%C3%A4%C3%9Fen_und_antiker_Vase_anagoria.JPG

Possibilities to stuff in the back of the drawer for when you have enough money for a drawing room redo. Design drawings from the Danhauser Workshop, Vienna. 1814-1840. Makers of furniture loved by both Adolf Loos and Josef Hoffmann which says much. From the archives of the MAK (Museum of Applied Arts).

Library. 1831-1840.
Library. 1831-1840. Watercolor and graphite on paper. Studio of Josef Franz Danhauser, maker. Image © MAK – Museum of Applied Arts. Fair use license. via https://sammlung.mak.at/en/collection_online?id=collect-127608

"Design for four candelabras." 1814-1829.
“Design for four candelabras.” 1814-1829. Graphite and pen and ink. Workshop of Joseph Ulrich Danhauser, Vienna. Image © MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna. Fair use license. viahttps://sammlung.mak.at/en/collection_online?id=collect-129251

"Design for a toilet table." 1814-1829.
“Design for a toilet table.” 1814-1829. Pen and ink drawing. Workshop of Joseph Ulrich Danhauser, maker. Image © MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna. Fair use license. via https://sammlung.mak.at/en/collection_online?id=collect-129343

"Design for an interior." 1814-1829.
“Design for an interior.” 1814-1829. Pen and ink drawing with graphite. Wash technique. Workshop of Joseph Ulrich Danhauser, maker. Image © MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna. Fair use license. via https://sammlung.mak.at/en/collection_online?id=collect-127569

"Design for a window drapery." 1814-1829.
“Design for a window drapery.” 1814-1829. Pen and ink with graphite on paper. Workshop of Joseph Ulrich Danhauser, maker. Image © MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna. Fair use license. via https://sammlung.mak.at/en/collection_online?id=collect-127477

"Design for a tea table." 1814-1829.
“Design for a tea table.” 1814-1829. Watercolor, graphite and pen and ink. Workshop of Joseph Ulrich Danhauser, maker. Image © MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna. Fair use license. via https://sammlung.mak.at/en/collection_online?id=collect-130021