The Lute Player by Conrad Kiesel Oil on canvas

Originally trained as an architect, Conrad Kiesel (German, 1846-1921), then went on to be a sculptor in Germany. Following a visit to Holland, Kiesel returned to Berlin to study painting and then moved home to Duesseldorf. Under the tutelage of Wilhelm Sohn, Kiesel acquired his exquisite sense and technique for depicting fabrics and colors. In 1885 he settled in Berlin as a portraitist and genre painter while at the same time maintaining his reputation as a sculptor. He attracted paintings commissions from Emperor Wilhelm II and obtained an honorable professorship of the Berlin Academy of Arts. Throughout his life, Kiesel submitted works at the annual Great Art Exhibition in Berlin and the Glass Palace Exhibitions in Munich. In 1900 he received an honorable mention at the World Exhibition in Paris.

The Lute Player close-up

deletereply rosiefielding2 wrote on Jan 9, ’09 how beautiful is this and the colors are amazing, it has light and shade and vibrance, the music is appropriate too, thankyou for posting it for us to admire.

editdeletereply lauritasita wrote on Jan 9, ’09 rosiefielding2 said how beautiful is this and the colors are amazing, it has light and shade and vibrance I absolutely love the colors he used in this painting. I checked out his other work, but I found that this painting seems to be the only one where he uses colors like this. You can almost hear her playing the music !

deletereply forgetmenot525 wrote on Jan 9, ’09 Must say Laurita I’m so pleased you are keeping the tradition of Art sometime over the weekend alive and well, I’m just checking through my Picture Perfect posts but really will try to post a nice piece of art once I’m finished. these colours are lush…………….like ripe juicy strawberries, wonderful choice to show us. Thanks for this.

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deletereply ladykay45 wrote on Jan 9, ’09 Beautiful thank you for sharing!

deletereply darlene57 wrote on Jan 9, ’09 Angelic~ Thanks for the post!~smilies~d~

editdeletereply lauritasita wrote on Jan 9, ’09 Thank you so much for visiting. I’m so glad you enjoy the painting.

deletereply artprevails wrote on Jan 9, ’09 Exquisite post, visually and musically. Thank you.

deletereply starfishred wrote on Jan 9, ’09 Love his color -wonderful picture thanks laurita

editdeletereply lauritasita wrote on Jan 11, ’09 I just happened to stumble upon this painting while I was researching something last year, and I just couldn’t resist passing it by.

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