Oil on canvas framed by carl theodor meyer-basel 1860/1932

Oil on canvas in its original frame by carl theodor meyer-basel, dated 1902, signed lower right. Dimensions of the canvas: 35x49, a very small gloss of paint (see photo). Small splinters on the frame. Biography: carl theodor meyer (may 15, 1860 † august 28, 1932) was a swiss painter and graphic designer. He was co-founder of the swiss graphic association "die walze" and the association for original printmaking in munich and a member of the deutscher künstlerbund.carl theodor meyer-basel was born on 15 may 1860 in basel in a culturally open house. His father was the director of theodor meyer-merian hospital. The mayor of basel, adelberg meyer zum pfeil, is one of his ancestors. Meyer-basel's talent for drawing was recognized and promoted in his family from an early age. He received his first training with the engraver friedrich weber, a friend of the family, where he made copies of landscapes after alexandre calame. Meyer-basel then studied at the basel drawing and modeling school with fritz schider and fritz trübner. Fritz voellmy and wilhelm volz. In 1891, meyer-basel was one of the founding members of the association for original engraving in munich. From 1892 he was a committed member of the munich secession. In munich, together with other swiss artists, including martha cunz, carl august liner, albert welti, hans beat wieland and adolf thomann, he founded the engraving "vereinigung schweizerischer graphiker. The roll". The purpose of this association was to make known and disseminate the original graphic works of its members in switzerland and abroad. Since the late 1880s, meyer-basel, along with artist friends such as peter halm and fritz voellmy, spent the summer on lake constance. Their preferred places of residence and work were the island of reichenau and the swiss side of the untersee.