About The Artist:
Adolf Friedrich Harper
Adolf Friedrich Harper (*October 17, 1725 in Berlin - June 23, 1806) was a German landscape painter. Adolf Friedrich Harper was the son and pupil of the Prussian Cabinet painter Johann Harper (* in Stockholm; † 1746 in Potsdam). After his father's death he visited France and Italy, where he had the help of Richard Wilson and studies anfertigte from nature. In 1756, he came in herzoglich Württemberg Services: first used in the...
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About The Medium:
Oil
Process of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder. Commonly used drying oils include linseed oil, poppy seed oil, walnut oil, and safflower oil.