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Eckenbrecher, Themistokles von
1842 Athens - 1921 Goslar.
Romantic waterfront with sailing boats.
Watercolour and opaque white on brownish paper. Monogrammed lower left and dated «1858 9/7».
H 20,5,
The early work from Eckenbrecher, when he was just 16 or 17 years old, already shows his existing talent before he had even enjoyed an academic education. His father was a man of the world and Themistokles often accompanied him on his travels. At an early age, he told his parents that he wanted to become a marine and landscape painter. The young artist quickly developed a passion for sailing ships, which he made a recurring motif in his works. He would perfect the subtle light moods and balanced compositions evident in his early work later with his private teacher Oswald Achenbach (1827 - 1905) at the Düsseldorf School of Painting between 1861 and 1863.
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