Winter Landscape German school Signed on lower right Circa 1908 Oil on canvas 55.1in x 31.5in (140cm x 80cm) Excellent condition Click on image to view larger version.

Carl Kustner

(1861 – 1934)

Carl Kustner began his career as a merchant, but soon discovered his true vocation lay in painting and he began by copying landscapes in museums. In 1884 he became a student of the painter Professor August Fink while, over six years of training, developing his own style of painting. He remained true to landscapes and his palette of colors was built on the triad of green, light blue and red. He never strayed far from the areas of Ried and Altrhein near his home of Guntersblum where he was inspired by the natural beauty of the area. The constantly changing seasons left no monotony to his subject matter.

In 1889 he participated in the Munich International Art Exhibition at the Glass Palace and continued to do so almost without pause during the next 45 years.

One of the best known art observers at the time, Fritz von Ostinin, acknowledged Kustner as a major painter of the turn of the century.

• Member of the Munich Art group “The Bund”
• Numerous exhibitions throughout Germany
• 1927 Professor of the Fine Arts Board, Munich
• 1901 & 1902 paintings accepted into the New Pinacothek of Bavaria
• Museum of the University of Würzburg and the Landesmuseum in Darmstadt
• Collections in Mainz and the Allbright Art Gallery in Buffalo, NY