Karl Viktor Mayr, Dressing Room Interior

Karl Viktor Mayr, Dressing Room InteriorThis early 20th century oil painting by Austrian artist Karl Viktor Mayr (1882 1974) depicts a plush Biedermeier interior with a dressing table, chairs, and various apparel accessories. The morning after the night before dress nonchalantly draped, shoes exactly where she stepped out of them, open fan casually discarded. It was evidently an enjoyable soire and perhaps shes leaving this for the maid. The dress appears to date to the mid 19th century and

Fine Victorian Pictures

which became a point of interest for numerous visiting artists

together with a long court train

Westphalian State Museum in Münster

passing alongside

Areas of in-painting following an earlier restoration

21” x 17” / 53cm x 43cm

with all three providing an insightful narrative on Victorian society

he was under the patronage of Frederick II and

Van De Sande Bakhuyzen was highly regarded during his lifetime and he was awarded a royal medal in 1871

Signed and dated

Its unusual beauty arises from its contortions and twisted branches