ARTIST: Lorenz Frolich (Danish, 1820 - 1908) NAME: Old Woman and Girl MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Relined. One scratch. Some craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 25 x 19 inches / 63 x 48 cm FRAME SIZE: 30 x 25 inches / 76 x 63 cm SIGNATURE: lower left NAME VARIANTS: Lorenz Frelich CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117759 US Shipping $90 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Frolich was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. His father was a wholesaler. He studied in Copenhagen under Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, in Dresden under Eduard Julius Bendemann from 1843-1846 and in Paris under Thomas Couture from 1852-1853. Afterward he lived much in Rome and in Paris, where he constantly exhibited at the salons. In 1877 he was appointed professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Art, Copenhagen. His illustrations, especially of children's books, are known everywhere and are more important than his paintings. His daughter Edma Frolich was his favorite model when a baby and a child for his French albums with Pierre-Jules Hetzel.He also furnished original etchings for Illustreret Danmarkshistorie for Folket (1853-55) by Adam Kristoffer Fabricius; Die Gotter des Nordens (1845) and De tvende Kirketaarne (1844) by Adam Gottlob Oehlenschlager, and many other works. He painted a decoration in the Court of Appeals at Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, and in some public buildings of his native land.Danish painter and tapestry artist Dagmar Olrik (1860-1932) and her assistants spent 18 years decorating a room in Copenhagen's City Hall with tapestries based on cartoons of Nordic mythology by Frolich.