Brunner is a master of the South German landscape.

(1813 Munich – 1888 same place) A family idyll on the river, a finely executed work by Brunner, in which he combines the summery, cheerful South German mood of the landscape with a rural genre scene. Brunner went to Salzburg after studying at the Munich Academy in 1840; in the following years he lived in Innsbruck, Merano, Venice, and from 1865 to 1869 in Stuttgart, before returning to Munich. Since 1851, Brunner has been a member of the Munich Art Society. Oil on wooden panel. Signed and dated 1868 with the location Stuttgart. 34.5 cm x 46.8 cm. In a frame. Literature: Boetticher, vol. I / 1, p. 148; Thieme-Becker, vol. V, p. 140.