GUSTAV BAUERNFEIND

 

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SUNDAY Feature on ART of Architecture -by Gautam Shah 

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Gustav Bauernfeind (1848-1904), was a notable Orientalist painter of Germany. He studied architecture at the Polytechnic Institute in Stuttgart, and also worked with Professor Wilhelm Bäumer and Adolph Gnauth. He was a good illustrator.

Gustav began by meticulously capturing, everyday life, little-known corners, markets and narrow lanes. But, did not find many buyers. He made three trips to the Near East, before returning to Munich in 1890. He became known for exotic oriental scenes of the near East, crafted with photographic accuracy.

He produced landscape scenes and oil paintings of Venice, Florence, Pavia, Naples and Sicily and several watercolours. He loved the Orient, and so settled in Jerusalem in 1898. He also lived and worked in Lebanon and Syria.

He was a realist painter, who used vibrant colour that captured the sunshine of the East. He included local people in his compositions.

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