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Auguste Schenk (1828-1900) A Ploughman with Two Oxen and a Flock of Doves Oil on canvas 59 x 98 i...

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Auguste Schenk (1828-1900) A Ploughman with Two Oxen and a Flock of Doves Oil on canvas 59 x 98 i...
Auguste Schenk (1828-1900) A Ploughman with Two Oxen and a Flock of Doves Oil on canvas 59 x 98 in. 150 x 252 cm - $12,000-18,000 Born in Gluckstadt (Duchy of Holstein) Schenk trained with Leon Coiget at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. His early works included landscapes and genre scenes, but he became increasingly interested in the study of animals. He began to exhibit at the Salon in 1857. By 1878 Le Figaro was describing him as 'one of our first animal painters'. He is one of those originals, of a species not yet extinct, who prefers dogs to men and finds more sweetness in sheep than in women'. A tireless worker, Schenk exhibited continuously at the Salon until his death in 1900. His work was collected and respected: he was awarded several medals and in 1889 was made Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur.