"Oil Painting Félix Moschelès Portrait Of A Shepherd In Ciociaro Costume, British Painter"
Félix Moscheles (1833 Londres -1917 Tunbridge Wells)British painter, and writer
Portrait of a young italian shepherd in ciociaro traditional costume (Italian, from an area southern of Roma).
Oil on canvas 65 x 55 cm 25.59 x 21.65 inches
With the frame : 91 x 81 cm 35.82 x 31.88 inches
Signed on the right in the middle and dated 1 janvier 1859
Original old gilted frame.
(condition report on requirement)
Félix Moschelès was born in a jewish family from german origin settled in London. He was the son of a famous pianist and composer, Ignaz Moschelès, friend of Félix Mendelssohn. At the time he realised this painting, the family had moved to Leipzig where Ignaz Moschelès was engaged to teach music in the School of Music recently created by Mendelssohn.
Félix Moschelès was a peace activist and advocate of esperanto. He studied painting with Jozef Van Lerius. Moscheles had a studio in Chelsea, London : n° 123 Upper Church Street on the corner of Elm Park Road was built in 1894 for Felix Moscheles.
See : Wikipedia
Bibl. : Michele Santulli, Il Costume Ciociaro nell'arte europea del 1800, edizioni Ciociaria Sconosciuta, Arpino, 2009. Benezit.
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