Fischer-Cörlin studied at the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin with Eduard Daege and Julius Friedrich Anton Schrader, after which he was a master student with Anton von Werner for six years. After graduating, he worked as a freelance artist in Berlin. From 1877 to 1892 he took part in the exhibition of the Prussian Academy and from 1893 in the Great Berlin Art Exhibition. Fischer-Cörlin was a member of the Allgemeine Deutsche Kunstgenossenschaft ( General German Artist Union).
Literature: art dictionary: by Thieme/Becker; by Saur.
Inscriptions: signed lower right: E.Fischer-Coerlin, Berlin.
Technique: oil on canvas. Gallery gilt frame.
Measurements: unframed w 28" x h 39 1/3" ( 71 x 100 cm ); framed w 32 1/8" x h 43 3/4" (81,5 x 111 cm).
Condition: in good condition.