Description:
“Autumn Play” by Agathe Röstel (Roestel) (1866-1926)Signed Lower Right Corner Oil on Canvas 32 inches by 38 inches Original Gildwood Carved Frame 46 1/2 inches by 51 1/2 inches

Active Painting Period (1871-1893)
Agathe Röstel (1866-1926) is considered a Romantic Academic genre painterfrom the German school. She was born in Munich, Germany. The confusion

regarding the proper spelling of Agathe’s name (Röstel vs. Roestel) has made it
difficult to determine her actual birth and death dates. Adding to the
confusion, she signed her early work A. Röstel and her later work A.
Roestel. The other contributing factor is that she, like other female
artists during the 19th century , tried to hide her gender. Women
during this period typically hid their gender from the inescapable
prejudice of the Salon juries and the art patrons held against females
competing in a male dominated world.

Ref: A933

According to records, Roestel was active between 1871-1893, which could mean that she was regular exhibitor in Munich and at the Salons in
Paris or she was born in 1871 and died in or around 1893. In a few publications, her birth is listed as 1868 and her death 1893. If this is true, Roestel only lived to be 25 years old, which would be the reason enough for the lack of biographical and historical information pertaining to her career and for the scarcity of her paintings.

Roestel is an incredible painter. She captures the beauty and innocence of children with a fluidness and ease rarely found in such a young artist. Agathe is a genius at telling stories with her paintings by capturing children in their everyday lives as in “Combing her Hair” or as they interact with each other while playing“Autumn Play”.Roestel uses natural surroundings mixed with the essence and atmosphere of local color in her large format paintings.
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E. Benezit, vol. IX, pg. 112 Comanducci Arte Italia Catalogo Artisti Theme Becker Lexicon