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    Artist

  • Wilckens, August, 1870-1939

    • Title

  • [Portrait of Gustav Hess]

  • Physical Description

    1 painting : oil on canvas ; 30.5" x 25.25" ; 78 x 65 cm. +, frame (35" x 29.5")

  • Place of Publication

    early 20th century.

  • Notes

    Signed in lower right.

  • Summary

    Painting depicts Gustav Hess seated posed in front of a dark wooden interior. Hess wears a black suit with a bow tie and a waistcoat, which has a chain wrapped around one of the buttons (possibly a pocket watch).

  • Depicted

    Hess, Gustav

  • Subject

    Men, Portraits

  • Genre

    Portraits

  • Medium

    Paintings; Oil paintings

  • Part Of

    Hess Oppens family collection, AR 25706

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

Gustav Hess (1874-1940), the father of Albert G. Hess, was a farmer and politician from Coburg. This portrait may have been painted in Dresden.

August Wilckens (1870-1939) was a German painter. He studied and worked in Germany and in Denmark. Wilckens was especially known for painting genre and landscape scenes from the Danish area of Fanø.

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Wilckens, August: [Portrait of Gustav Hess], Leo Baeck Institute, 2017.24.