Scholderer was born in Frankfurt where he studied at the Städelsches Kunstinstitut with J. D. Passavant and Jacob Becker. He made frequent trips to Paris and became acquainted with Fantin-Latour and Manet. From 1871 to 1899 he lived in London; he died in Frankfurt. Scholderer was a still-life and portrait painter.
Otto Franz Scholderer
1834 - 1902
Paintings by Otto Franz Scholderer
Five or six stems of lilac in a tall glass vase are set against a two-tone neutral grey background. Flower still lifes enjoyed enormous success in the late nineteenth century, with artists like Henri Fantin-Latour becoming wealthy on their pictures of cut flowers in vases. Such images were admire...
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Scholderer made several portraits of Luise Steurwaldt, whom he married in London in 1872. Here he has portrayed her almost in profile, leaning back against a shawl draped over her chair. She holds a Japanese fan on her lap but looks straight ahead as though lost in thought. The palette is almost...
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