This early 20th-century oil painting by German artist Rudolf Dammeier (1851-1936) depicts a dark room with a chair, drop-leaf table, window, clock and exquisite wall panelling. It was produced in Berlin.
As the quiet light cascades across wooden furnishings, an old chair beckons us to rest awhile in contemplation. With the silence only broken by the perpetuity of an inset clock and the occasional creak of settling timber.
Dammeier was an accomplished artist who enjoyed the hushed interiors of historic buildings. Here, he’s selected a view which encompasses a particularly unusual decorative wall panel with three symbols. Perhaps these relate to the building’s origin.
Signed/dated in the lower right and held within its original frame.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Overall size: 29” x 25½” / 73cm x 65cm
Year of creation: 1924
Labels & Inscriptions: Inscribed on reverse.
Condition: Artwork presents well. Frame with some light wear.
Artist’s auction maximum: £3,306
Rudolf Dammeier trained at the Berliner Bauakademie, Prussian Academy of Arts, and the Karlsruhe Art School. He exhibited extensively including at the Berlin Secession, Munich Glass Palace and Paris World Exhibition, where he received an Honourable Mention. He was a member of the Berlin Artists' Association and several museums hold examples of his work.
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