BECKER, AUGUST (Darmstadt 1822-1887 Düsseldorf), Painting: "Fjord Landscape", oil on canvas, signed lower right in ligature "A Becker". Late romantic painting with wide landscape. Becker, who began his studies under the landscape painter J. H. Schilbach, studied from 1840 at the Düsseldorf Academy, where he became a student of Schirmer; he lived temporarily in Norway. Canvas 53 x 66 cm. Stretcher reverse marked with label of a dealer of paintings and antiques in Hanover. In frame from the time. Overall dimensions with frame H. 72 x W. 58 x D. 7 cm (craquelure, partially rubbed).