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Watercolour on paper, 15.5 x 10.5 cm (6.1 by 4.1 in). Signed and dated (18)93. Frame gilded gold leaf and French matting with lines. Dimensions framed: 32 x 26 cm (12.6 by 10.2 in). Inscription on the reverse: "Flashar, illustration to the story Lotte Wiesen...k at Jugendblätter 1894".
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The artist studied under Stanislaus Graf von Kalckreuth at the art school in Weimar and at the art Academy in Munich. After a stay in Paris, he finished his studies under Ludwig Knaus at the art Academy in Berlin, from 1874 until 1882. Flashars main topic was the portrait and the humorous image from society in the style of the Rococo. Since 1883 he made illustrations for the „Fliegenden Blätter“. " Since 1909 his pictures been regular at the exhibitions of the "Glaspalast" in Munich.
Literature: Thieme-Becker, vol XII, p. 75; Friedrich von Boetticher, vol I, 1, p. 329; Münchner Maler im 19. Jahrhundert (Munich painters of the 19th Century), vol 1, pp. 348-350, fig 511-512.
Selected works in public collections: Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich.
Charming Watercolour in fine original condition. Further details and price on request.
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