*Size with smaller mount: 12,8x21,0cm/5,0x8,3in
*Size with larger mount: 17,3x26,5cm/6,8x10,4in
Otto (Franz Otto) Arnz was born on August 29, 1823 in Dusseldorf,
Germany, as a son of Heinrich Arnz - owner of Dusseldorf publishing
house "Arnz & Comp." (see our second additional image). Otto Arnz
became a lithographer as a young man, before he began attending
Dusseldorf Academy of Fine Arts. There, he trained with Wilhelm Schadow,
Karl Ferdinand Sohn and Theodor Hildebrandt. His younger brother Albert
Arnz (1832-1914; see our third additional image) also became a renowned
landscape artist. Similarly, their brothers-in-law - Albert Flamm,
Oswald Achenbach and Joseph Fay - were celebrated German artists. Like
all of them, Arnz was a (founding) member of Dusseldorf Artist Union
"Malkasten". In the early 1850, besides traveling through Germany and
Austria (while in transit, he also visited Bohemia (now Czech Republic)
and Hungary), Arnz sojourned in town Vollendam, Netherlands and took
part in exhibitions in Den Haag and Amsterdam. In the same period (early
1850s), he was befriended with composer Robert Schumann (their
correspondence from 1851 and 1853 had been preserved). In 1854, after
the death of their father, his elder brother Carl Arnz and he took over
the ownership of "Arnz & Comp.". Three years later, however, they
were forced to escape from Germany because of impending insolvency
resulting from counterfeiting. They fled to South America, and it is
known that both of them died in Buenos Aires sometime after 1860.
Our image nr.3 offers the biography of Otto Arnz from Wikipedia.
Provenance: artist's estate (kept in the Arnz family for over 150 years)
Condition: good
Creation Year: ca 1850
Measurements: UNFRAMED:8,1x13,7cm/3,2x5,4in
*Size with smaller mount: 12,8x21,0cm/5,0x8,3in
*Size with larger mount: 17,3x26,5cm/6,8x10,4in
Object Type: Unframed drawing
Style: 19th century drawings
Technique: pencil on paper, laid first on mount and again on album sheet by the artist
Inscription: artist's estate stamp on original mount
Creator: Otto Arnz
Creator Dates: 1823 Dusseldorf-aft. 1860 Buenos Aires
Nationality: German
Themes:
GERMAN
DUSSELDORF
AUSTRIAN
ANIMALIST
ANIMAL
HUNTER
HUNTING
HUNT
SPORTING
DEER
ROE
LANDSCAPE
FOREST