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Description: | Signed: yes Description: Franz Hoepfner was a German artist who, having served in the Prussian army during the Franco-Prussian war, moved to England in the 1870s. He came to the Isle of Man in 1886 to paint tourist views and established a studio in Douglas. Hoepfner was considered to be an eccentric character and typically 'bohemian' in his habits. He was reported to have sold paintings for drink and, apparently, always carried a revolver. After his suicide at his Liverpool studio in 1893, the newspapers referred to his 'dissipated' lifestyle which, they stated, had been exacerbated by the recent death of his wife. This still life depicts roses, fuschias and other flowers in a glass vase decorated with a painted dragon or sea creature executed in a loose, painterly style. | Subjects: | still life | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Hoepfner, Franz (German artist, 1850-1893) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8616... | Go to resource |
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