Gustav Vermehren, Study Of A Girl Knitting Beige a mother and her child

a mother and her child are walking along a well-worn track

Mieth had the best of both worlds - a classical education based on the old masters

and a cafe with timber cladding

Gottfried Bernhard Göz produced the original engraving between 1737 and 1742 while collaborating with the Klauber family who were fine art publishers from Augsburg

In true Bernhardt style

Gustav Vermehren, Study Of A Girl Knitting Beige a mother and her childA beautiful early 20th century study of a demure young lady knitting by Danish artist, Gustav Vermehren (1863 1931). Shes lost in a world of her own and transfixed by the task at hand. Vermehren was born into a creative family and destined to become an artist. His father, Frederik (1823 1910) was an accomplished painter well admired for his idealised rural scenes that romanticised the working classes. As a child, Gustav wouldve been taught to draw by