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AUGUST ERXLEBEN
1822 Karlsruhe - after 1867 in USA

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Study of a Tree

 

Graphite and brown wash, 216 by 263 mm

Condition: well preserved

Provenance: Private Collection near Munich

Erxleben was a draughtsman, painter and illustrator active in Munich from 1859 until 1867. He depicted motives from the Black Forest for the illustrated journal “Münchner Bilderbogen”. As this vivid study shows, he was inspired by Alexander Calame (1810 – 1864).