Carl Lafite, Fachwerkhaus im Gebirge

Carl Lafite, Fachwerkhaus im Gebirge
Carl Lafite, half-timbered house in the mountains
lone, aging farmhouse in front of imposing mountains, idyllic scenery bathed in the light of the waning day, barely impasto landscape painting, oil on cardboard, c. 1880, signed lower right "C. Lafite", in gold-bronzed curved frame (minor losses), visible dimensions c. 29 x 23 cm. Artist info: also Charles, Karl Lafitte or Laffite, Austrian painter (1830 Vienna to 1900 Vienna), from 1848 studied at the Academy of Arts in Vienna under Eduard Peithner von Lichtenfels and Franz Steinfeld, from 1853 participated in exhibitions at the Österreichischer Kunstverein, 1861 founding member of the Genossenschaft bildender Künstler Wiens, father of Carl Lafite (pianist and composer), Source: Thieme-Becker, Wurzbacher, Boetticher and Wikipedia.