Caudebec and Rouen (France), a pair, signed,
16" x 12" sight, 19.5" x 15.5"
frame.
About the Painting: Very good condition. Rouen has been relined;
both painting are in antique reproduction
frames.
About the Artist: Henri Schäfer is a Victorian-era artist
who studied at l'Ecole National de Beaux-Arts,
Paris, and painted town and city scenes and
cathedral interiors in Belgium, Germany,
and France. Since this subject matter differs
so dramatically from that of Frederick F.
Schafer there is little chance of confusing
their paintings. (However, because of the
similarity in their names, the overlap in
their times of active work, and this artist's
sometime residence in Britain (Islington),
the townscape paintings of Henri Schäfer
are often misattributed to the British artist
Henry Thomas Schafer, and their biographical
details are occasionally merged, most notably
in Emmanuel Benezit, Dictionnaire Critique
et Documentaire des Peintres,.... The catalogs
of auction houses regularly confuse the two
artists. Distinct biographical sketches may
be found in Christopher Wood, Victorian Painters.)
$ 1925.00 - the pair
inclusive of S/H/I*
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States.
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