Hugo Oehmichen, Cottage Interior With Green Door & Tunic

Hugo Oehmichen, Cottage Interior With Green Door & TunicA fine late 19th century oil on canvas depicting a cottage interior by German artist, Hugo Oehmichen (1843 1932). The focal point is a heavy wooden door with a shelf above it holding books, jars and fruit. While on our left a simple handmade table houses at least two pairs of leather boots. But perhaps the most interesting element to the room is the red tunic that prominently hangs alongside the door. Oehmichen has chosen a composition that provides

Frame with various signs of age-related wear

the red-tiled roof of a stone cottage draws your eye

the restorer decided to leave the paint layer untouched

we can touch them up with gilt cream to cover the losses

Very presentable

perhaps a monk

Small blemish in the lower right

The evening’s sun is disappearing on the horizon as a group of figures rest by a canal

Craquelure throughout and several small areas of paint loss

And the overall aged appearance adds another dimension to the character of the piece

During the 17th-century

he retired to Düsseldorf where he lived in a cottage decorated with Delft tiles and Dutch antiques