Head Study Of Nostalgia, Portrait Of A Boy With A Melancholy Look By Meyer-waldeck Kunz

Head study of nostalgia, portrait of a boy with a melancholy look in a white shirt. Oil/canvas, signed lower left Kunz Meyer Meyer-

Waldeck Kunz, artist of Latvian origin, was born on July 2, 1859 in Mittau (today Jelgava), in Latvia. The artist spent his childhood in Russia, where his father worked as a professor at the University of Saint Petersburg and as a newspaper editor at the time.

He painted figures, genre scenes, portraits and interiors. He was also an illustrator.

Furthermore, he attended high school in Gotha, Germany. In 1879 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, with masters Strahuber, Raab and Lindenschmidt, until 1887.
After graduating, Meyer-Waldeck began working as a freelance painter. He exhibited extensively in major German galleries and, in 1894, he received a medal from the Munich Salon.

During his professional life, Meyer-Waldeck traveled to Russia, Italy and Portugal, where he produced some of his first paintings.

From 1908 to 1910 he lived in Dallas, Texas, where he was director of an art school. Later he was appointed professor in Germany.

He died in 1953 in Castel Neuburg an der Inn, Germany. Today his works are in private and public collections, including the Berlin Museum and the Bremen Museum.