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Hans Bachmann Swiss Modernist Tempera on Paper

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Hans Bachmann Swiss Modernist Tempera on Paper
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Tempera on paper. Featuring a landscape sccene of mountains and tree-lined valley. Signed HBachmann on the lower right corner. Inscribed BACHMANN and 6/8 on verso. Inscribed in pencil 15 in the middle of verso. Stamped Wakefield Gallery on verso. Attributed to Hans Bachmann (1852-1917, Swiss). 20 x 29 cm (7.9 x 11.4 inches). PROVENANCE: Southern Ontario estate

Hans Bachmann (1852-1917) was a Swiss painter best known for his alpine landscapes and village scenes. He is noted for his high level of accuracy in depicting the local customs and clothing of rural alpine villagers, rendering his subject with soft, luscious brushstrokes of color. In the charming painting Mutter mit Kind, a smiling rosy-cheeked mother and child are set against a rustic cottage and soaring mountainscape. Born on April 30, 1852 in Winikon, Switzerland, Bachmann went on to study at the Dusseldorf Academy of Art in Germany under Karl Hoff. He later worked as an illustrator for books while continuing to make his own paintings, and today some of Bachmann’s works are in the collection of the Museum of Art Lucerne in Switzerland. He died on December 11, 1917 in Lucerne, Switzerland.