ROCHOLL, Theodor, (German, 1854-1933): Soldiers on Horseback Crossing a Stream, Oil/Canvas, 21'' x 23'', signed lower right, dated 1913, encased in a later gold frame with minor wear, 25 1/2'' x 27 1/2''. Rocholl was a student in Munich in 1877, then at the Dresden Academy. After a year, he moved to Munich where he studied historical painting under Karl von Piloty. He ocmpleted his art studies at the Dsseldorf Academy where he developed his interest in military art under the influence of Wilhelm Camphausen; his contemporaries in this field were Carl R”chling and Richard Kn”tel. He is associated with the Dsseldorf school of painting. The artist observed the Franco-Prussian War and the subsequent German army manoeuvres between 1883 and 1888; in 1890, he traveled to Russia to view the German Garde-Korps on manoeuvre. Later in the decade, he was attached to the Turkish Army and covered the conflict in Thessalia in 1897 between the Turks and the Greeks; his sketches of the fighting were published the following year. He covered the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 as the official artist of the German expeditionary force.[1] A decade later, he covered the fighting between Turkey and Albania. Biography from Wikipedia Many of his paintings depict German military scenes, especially the battles of the Franco-Prussian War. One of his most famous pictures depicted King William at the Battle of Sedan, meeting his triumphant soldiers after the victory. Rocholl also painted a large mural for the Evangelischen Padagogiums in Bad Godesberg. In his 60th year, he became a war artist covering the campaign on the Western Front. His War Letters printed in 1916 in which he described the fear and destruction. An autobiography of his life as a painter appeared in 1921. He died in a streetcar accident Dsseldorf in his 80th year on September 14, 1933.
CONDITION: Stretcher marks with paint loss, several abrasions, craquelure, several small punctures.