Wonderful painting by Alfred Schönian, listed German Artist. 



This work is an oil on oak panel executed circa 1895. It depicts a Chicken, Duck and Rooster outside a farm house. The condition is very good. 

There is a tiny chip near the word "Muchen" on the lower left below the signature. There are no touch ups or restoration.
 
The work has recently been reframed in a beautiful gold metal leaf frame with a linen liner. The work is an oil on oak panel. The reverse has some old gallery and collection labels from Munich, Germany. 

The painting itself measure 6.25 X 4.75 inches. With the frame it measure 12.75 X 11.12 inches.

Alfred Schönian works have sold for up to 15,000.00. at auction.


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Alfred Schönian 1856-1936

German painter
Dwarf and frog

Alfred Schönian (born March 16, 1856 in Frankfurt (Oder) , † after 1936 in Munich ) was a German animal and landscape painter.

Schönian began his studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Leipzig with the sculptor Melchior to the streets .

Since April 24, 1877, he continued his studies at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich with Gyula Benczúr and Johann Leonhard Raab .

After graduation he remained as a freelance artist in Munich. He was involved in animal and landscape painting.

He mainly painted poultry and pets, often in the middle of the landscape, but also genre paintings, portraits and pictures with fairy tale characters. Many of his works appeared in print in the form of postcards, as well as in illustrated magazines.

Literature

  • Thieme / Becker 1907-1950, Vol. 30
  • Ludwig 1978, Vol. 4
  • Bénézit 1999, Vol. 12, p. 509
  • Saur 1999-2000, Vol. 9, p. 53