VERY LARGE OIL PORTRAIT OF A CLERGYMAN FROM ROUFFACH, FRANCE BY SWISS ARTIST GEORG BALDER (OR BALDERER) 1810 - 1882. IT IS AN OIL ON CANVAS IN VERY ATTRACTIVE GILT FRAME. THE PAINTING IS INSCRIBED ''COLLEGE DE ROUFFAC'' ON BOOK. IT IS SIGNED AND DATED ''GEORG BALDER. PT./3 AUGUT/1852'' ON CHAIR ARM AT LEFT RIGHT. BALDER WAS WIDELY KNOWN AS A LITHOGRAPHER AND SEVERAL PORTRAITS BY HIM ARE CONSERVED IN THE GRAPHIC COLLECTION OF THE SWISS FEDERAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY. LATER HE MOVED TO SOUTHERN GERMANY WHERE HE WAS AN ACTIVE PAINTER OF PORTRAITS AND CHURCHES. HE WAS BORN IN ZURICH IN 1810 AND DIED IN FREIBURG, GERMANY IN 1882. HE BEGAN HIS STUDIES IN ZURICH, THEN WENT TO WINTHERTUR WHERE HE ATTENDED PAINTING COURSES HELD IN KASPAR WEIDENMANN''S STUDIO, LITHOGRAPHY COURSES HELD IN STUDER AND IN 1830 THE FINE ART ACADAMY OF MUNICH. HIS WORK IS FOUND IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS INCLUDING THE WINTERTHUR MUSEUM, KUNSTMUSEUM, ZURICH KUNSTHAUS. COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ABOUT THIS ARTIST AND COMES TOGETHER WITH THE PAINTING. THIS PAINTING COMES WITH A PICTURE LIGHT ATTACHED TO THE TOP OF THE FRAME. Status: For Sale Reference#: JC31 Condition: VERY GOOD Year: CA 1852 Country: SWITZERLAND Height: 41 in. (104.14 cm) Width: 33 in. (83.82 cm) Title: LARGE OIL PORTRAIT OF A CLERGYMAN FROM ROUFFACH, FRANCE BY BALDER IN GILT FRAME

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