MUNICH.- Peder Mørk Mønsted is a true master of photo-realistic painting, especially when it comes to the depiction of landscapes. His impressive work “Wintersonne im Engadin“ will be called up in the auction of 19th Century Art in Munich on May, 24, which will open the auction season in context of the 65th Anniversary of Ketterer Kunst.

Peder Mørk Mønsted’s winter landscape emanates an airiness and an intensity that captures the observer right away. The more than 2 meter (79 inches) wide painting invites us to walk right into a breathtaking winter‘s tale. The fluffy snow, the creek‘s crystal-clear water and the tall peaks that surround the valley add a strong notion of immediacy to the scene that culminates in an impressive lighting atmosphere. The estimate price for this wonderful Mønsted moment is at € 40,000-60,000.

Franz von Stuck created the painting “Faun and Bacchusknabe“ in 1905 with comparable mastery. It will now enter the race with an estimate of € 100,000-150,000. The iconic motif from Greek Mythology has two more remarkable features, as it comes in a very interesting octagonal format and the original opulent artist frame.

Other highlights in the depiction of Bacchus come from Caravaggio, Peter Paul Rubens and Michelangelo Buonarroti. This work, in which Franz von Stuck put a small Faun at the side of Bacchus, perfectly fits into this array. The intimate scene is characterized by a closeness that expresses the solicitousness of Bacchus as he gives the Faun sweet grape-juice to drink.

The painting “Standartenreiter auf dem Schlachtfeld“ by Josef von Brandt takes the observer right into the events on the battlefield. The dynamic scene has been estimated at € 30,000-40,000. Despite its small format, the artist succeeds in expressing the powerful elegance of this impressive motif from Polish history by means of a striking dynamic and a vast image space.

The greatest talent of Karl Hagemeister was in rendering his impressions of nature on canvas. In the springlike idyll “Kemnitzer Heide“ he captured the sizzling tension of a gathering thunderstorm. The shoreline‘s lush flora and fauna, executed in pastose manner, dominates the picture‘s foreground and helps the observer to a very immediate sensation of nature. Estimated at € 25,000-35,000, the work from 1893 was made at a point where the artist attained his monumental concept of nature in a perfect impressionist sense.

The light of the south fascinates Carl Morgenstern just as much as the marvelous interplay of forms and colors. In “Blick auf die Amalfiküste bei Sorrent“, made in 1840 shortly after he had returned from Italy, he pays homage to everything he loves about the south. The estimate is at € 20,000-30,000.

Apart from oil paintings by Edward Theodore Compton, Gotthard Kühl and Hans Thoma, each estimated at € 18,000-24,000, the range of offerings is completed by works by Edward Cucuel, Franz von Defregger, Friedrich Kallmorgen, Hermann Kaulbach, Max Klinger, Otto Pippel and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.