Alexander Koester

Koester, Alexander

German painter (1864-1932). Autograph quotation signed. Chiusa [postmark: Klausen. Oblong 8vo (postcard). 1 page.
$ 195 / 180 € (84527/BN55034)

Inscribed to the German dermatologist Alwin Scharlau: "Die größten Schwierigkeiten liegen da, wo wir sie nicht suchen [...]". - Making a living as a portraitist during his years of training, Koester later devoted himself to landscape and genre painting. Ducks constituted his preferred motif, and his popular, award-winning works earned him the byname "Enten-Koester". - Self-addressed by the collector on the reverse. The Mecklenburg physician Scharlau (b. 1888) assembled a collection of artists' autographs by personal application.

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