Oil on canvas

Signed bottom left

21 x 28 1/2 inches, unframed

Framed, 27 3/4 x 34 1/2 inches

About the artist: Angelo Jank was a German animal painter, illustrator and member of the Munich Secession. He was the son of the German painter Christian Jank and specialized in scenes with horses and riders. From 1899 to 1907, he was a teacher at the Women's Academy of the Munich Artists' Association. He was then appointed a Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, succeeding Wilhelm von Dietz. In 1922, following the retirement of Heinrich von Zugel, Jank succeeded him as Professor of Animal Painting. Later, he was elected first Chairman of the "Association of Visual Artists" and presided over their exhibitions at the Glaspalast. For many years, he was also employed as an illustrator for the magazines Jugend and Simplicissimus And he was also an instructor at the Academy of Fine Arts, where his students included Karl Gatermann the Younger.