EMIL BÖHM (Munich 1873 - 1958 Munich), The Road to Happiness

EMIL BÖHM*
(Munich 1873 - 1958 Munich)
The Road to Happiness
watercolor/paper, 21,5 x 18,8 cm
Provenance: European private collection

ESTIMATE °€ 600 - 1.000
START € 600

German painter of the 20th century. In 1891 at the private art school of Simon Hollósy in Munich, 1891 to 1901 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Johann Caspar Herterich, Paul Hoecker and Franz Defregger. Travels to Venice, Florence, Rome, Budapest and Thuringia. Member of the Munich Artists' Cooperative until 1939. Known for his copies of old masters after, among others, Peter Paul Rubens, Titian, Albrecht Dürer. Also created humorous portraits and narrative depictions inspired by the old masters.

Emil Karl August Böhm initially studied art history at the University of Munich from 1888 to 1891. His own artistic development soon became more important to him. In 1891 he enrolled at Simon Hollósky's private art school and studied from 1891 to 1901 with Johann Caspar Herterich, Paul Hoecker and Franz Defregger at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. Painting study trips took him to Venice in 1899, to Budapest and Thuringia in 1902 and to Florence and Rome in 1903-1904. In addition to his independent artistic work, Böhm made a name for himself as a copyist of old masters. Until 1939, Böhm was a member of the Munich Artists' Cooperative (MKG)

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