Eduard Veith ( 1856 - 1925): Crucifixion Study - Male Nude - Circa 1880

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This morning I found another nude study by Eduard Veith (1856-1925) and since it was affordable I bought it for my collection. It is obviously a crucifixion study although it was described as "MÄNNERAKT MIT ERHOBENEN ARMEN" (Male nude with raised arms). It dates circa 1880.
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Eduard Veith ( 1856 - 1925): Mutter mit Kind - 1880-1890

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I was browsing my usual haunts this morning and I ran across this beautiful study of a mother and child by Eduard Veith (1856-1925). It dates from the period 1880-1890. The superimposed scale lines indicate it was a working drawing perhaps to be scaled up for a painting or mural. If you want more information on the artist just search his name above. Although a simple study in pencil with white highlights, it shows the strength and talent of that artistic hand.
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Unknown Artists - 19th Century Corpus Christi

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I have managed to acquire three very nice 18th to 19th century sculptures of the Corpus Christi figure from European sources, one nearly complete museum quality corpus in ox bone (directly below), one in ivory,(second listing below), and one, slightly damaged with a missing limb, also in ox bone (last illustrations). The ability of these unknown 18th-19th century artisans/craftsmen (they were not considered artists) who created these beautiful sculptural representations of the male form on such a small scale just takes my breath away.

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Title: The Dying Christ

Artist: Unknown (French Dieppe Studio)

Material: Ox Bone (Faux Ivory)

Dated: Unknown (Late 18th - Mid-19th Century)

 

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Title: Christ on the Cross

Artist: Unknown (German Studio)

Material: Ivory Carving

Dated: Circa 1800-1850)

                         

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Title: Christ on the Cross

Artist: Unknown (French Studio)

Material: Ox Bone, mounted on ebonized wood

Dated: Circa 1850-1880

Franz Grassel (1861-1948): Standing Male Nude - Rear View (circa 1883)

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This afternoon I managed to add a beautifully executed male nude by the German artist Franz Grassel (1861-1948) to my collection. It is executed in charcoal with white highlights and shows a finely muscled male nude from behind. Grassel is a well known genre painter who was active during the last half of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He worked in a loose academic style and from what I gather had a proclivity for ducks. They appear in almost all of his paintings. He grew up on a mill at Obersasbach and one would guess that is where he acquired his fondness for the beautiful beasts. From 1878 to 1884 he studied at the Art Academy in Karlsruhe under Conrad Hope. In 1885 he became a teacher at the high school at St. Stephen's Cathedral in Strasbourg. From 1886 to 1890 he continued to make study trips to the Art Academy in Munich where he studied with Wilhelm von Lindenschmit (The Younger)(1829-1895). Grassel specialized in genre paintings and had a fondness for farm poultry. In 1900 he became the honorary chairman of the Brucker Artists Association and in 1911 he was appointed as a Royal Academy Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. During his lifetime he took Gold and Silver Medals for his works. His works are in the collections of many museums to include Berlin, Freiberg, Munich, the Bavarian State Painting Collections, Nuremberg and collections here in the United States.

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Title: Standing Male Nude (Rear View)

Artist: Franz Grassel (1861-1948)

Materials: Charcoal on Paper with white chalk highlights

Dated: Signed and dated "83"

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Here are a few examples of his other works:

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