Ludwig Johann Passini 1832-1903 Watercolor "Boy Smoking a Cigar" 1800's

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"Boy Smoking a Cigar", Junge raucht eine Zigarre, Ludwig Johann Passini This is an auction for an original watercolor created by Ludwig Johann Passini, 1832-1903, Austria. The watercolor is professionally framed and in excellent condition. The framed watercolor measures 15X19 with the painting measuring 12X8.5. The painting is signed and dated 1867 by Ludwig Passini. This was purchased from a fine art gallery and held in a private collection for the last 16 years. This art piece has been professionally examined. Ludwig Passini was born on9 July 1832 in Vienna, the son of the engraver Johann Nepomuk Passini. The Passini family moved to Trieste in 1850. On 9 November 1864 Passini married Anna Warsaw (1841-1866) at Berlin, she was the daughter of Robert and Mary Warschauer, the great-granddaughter of banker Joseph Mendelssohn and the great-great-granddaughter of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. The couple, who lived alternately in Berlin and Rome, had one daughter. Anna died one and a half years after the wedding. Ludwig Passini died on 6 November 1903 in Venice. Passini was taught art first by his father, and later studied at the Vienna Academy of Art under the painters Joseph von Führich, and Leopold Kupelwieser. In the 1850's Passini settled in Venice where he worked in the studio of Carl Werner, under whom he had previously studied at Leipzig. He accompanied Werner on his painting tour of Italy. The fellow artist Anton Romako was also part of Werner's studio. Between 1853 and 1870 Passini lived in Rome, where his work became focused on the human figure set against architectural and interior elements, and within narrative themes. From 1873, and for the rest of his life, he remained in Venice – though with occasional visits to Berlin – where his watercolors often featured everyday Venetian life, ordinary people, and portraiture. While in Venice, Passini became part of the artist colony of Henry Woods, August von Pettenkofen, Carl van Haanen, Eugene de Blaas, Wolkoff, Ruben, and Thoren. Passini occupied a studio in the Palazzo Vendramin Calergi, this for thirty years – with fellow artists Carlo Reichardt and Luigi Mion. While here, in 1892, he painted his portraits of Katherine Bronson and Edith, her daughter, and the English Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and art historian Sir Henry Layard. A further two 1892 portraits were of the American art collectors Jack Gardner (also a businessman), and his wife (founder of Fenway Court art museum), who lived at the Palazzo Barbaro. Isabella had commissioned the paintings after meeting Passini at a dinner party held by Katherine Bronson. The portrait of Isabella was not successful and does not survive today. A friend of Passini was the exiled Richard Wagner, who died at Vendramin Calergi in 1883. Passini, and fellow painter Wolkoff, suggested a death mask for Wagner, the idea at first rejected by Wagner's wife, but carried out by Passini and the sculptor Augusto Benvenuti under the agreement, and eye, of Cosima's daughter, Daniela. The first Venice Biennale was held in 1895 as an exhibition of specifically Italian art. In formulating the Biennale in 1893 the mayor of Venice, Riccardo Selvatico, was advised by a committee of internationally exhibiting artists from many European countries, one being Ludwig Passini. Passini received medals in Paris (1870), Vienna (1873), Munich (1879), and Berlin (1896). His works were included in exhibitions at the Royal Academy Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colors in London, and he became an honorary member of the latter in 1883. Passini was awarded the Bavarian Order for Science and Art. Authentic and Original, with a money back guaranty. Combined Shipping , with registered mail. Thanks for looking!! We always want you to be able to give us 5 Stars in feedback. Our contact info is inside our eBay profile. read more

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