Full Record |
| Title |
Childhood |
| Collection |
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery |
| Artist |
Sondermann, Hermann (German artist, 1832-1901) |
| Date Earliest |
about 1865 |
| Date Latest |
about 1890 |
| Signed |
yes |
| Description |
Sondermann was a German artist, born in Berlin who specialised in scenes of rural life, often focusing on the everyday lives of women and children. |
| Current Accession Number |
1954P54 |
| Former Accession Number |
P.45´54 |
| Inscription |
front ll 'H.S.' |
| Subject |
everyday life (children) |
| Measurements |
11.4 x 15.2 cm cm (estimate) |
| Material |
oil on panel |
| Acquisition Details |
Given by an anonymous donor 1954. |
| Publications |
Foreign Paintings in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, A Summary Catalogue, 1983, no. 137 |
| Notes |
Although this painting seems, at first glance, to date from the 1860s, Sondermann continued to paint in this style well into the 1890s. This makes dating his work difficult. Feeding the Goats, also on panel, depicts a similar blonde-haired child and is dated '1890'. |
| Rights Owner |
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery |
| Author |
Dr Patricia Smyth |
