"Russian Lovers on Horseback: A Finely Executed Genre Painting by Bers"

(1837 Frankfurt am Main – 1907 same place.) Russian Lovers on Horseback. A finely executed genre painting by Bers. The artist studied at the Städel Institute of Art History in Frankfurt under the guidance of Jakob Becker and Edward von Steinle. Bers’s work was significantly influenced by his numerous trips to Russia, especially during his extended stays in the Smolensk province in 1867–1870 and 1877, where he studied the country and its people in detail. Due to the motifs he often depicted from Russian folk life, he was also called “Russian Bers.” In 1897, Bers was appointed head of a workshop at the Städel Institute of Art History and became a professor in 1899. Oil on cardboard. Signed and dated 1898. 26.5 cm x 19 cm. In a frame.