The Laurel Wreath – The Symbol of Triumph
Oil on canvas
56 x 46 inches sight / 66 x 56 inches framed
Signed and dated Lr. Schwenningen
Provenance
Private Collection, Fort Worth Texas
The Laurel Wreath – The Symbol of Triumph
Artist: Carl Schwenninger II
Biography of Carl Schwenninger II ( 1854-1903, Austrian )
Carl Schweninger, the Younger (1854-1903), an Austrian painter and sculptor, descended from a family of painters. His father was the landscape painter Carl Schweninger the Elder and his sister Rosa Schweninger focused on portraits and genre depictions. Schweninger junior was a pupil of his father and studied at the academies in Vienna and Munich.
His oeuvre is characterized by the zeitgeist: It shows mainly genre paintings with staffage in rococo outfits painted in interiors or in the landscape.