Painting
1923
paint
From the collection of Museum of City History Leipzig
1923
paint
From the collection of Museum of City History Leipzig
Dominant colour
Painting is a 1923 paint by Künstler: Paul Mathias Padua, a Biedermeier work, held at Museum of City History Leipzig.
This painting shows a man's portrait in half profile. He's wearing a suit and has a serious expression. The portrait is set against a plain background, focusing attention on the man's face. The subject of the portrait is Egbert Friedrich Alexander Baumgärtner. The painting is small, done on cardboard. It's a simple, direct portrait. To learn more about the artist's style, look up the technique: sfumato.
Paul Padua painted scenes of ships and sea battles in the early 1900s. In 1923 he finished the oil *Painting*, showing tall sailing vessels with fluttering flags and billowing sails. His work belongs to the same era as…
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