Oil on canvas, 36 x 24 inches plus ebonized frame, signed lower left. Fehr was born in Werneck, Germany and studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Kunste 1878-1884. A stipend from the sculptor Johann Martin von Wagner enabled him to travel to Italy 1885-1890 for further study. By 1890 he was again in Munich where he founded a private art school, his students including Emil Nolde. In 1899 he became a professor at the Karlsruhe Akademie where he conducted art classes until 1923. The following year ...click for details
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