Manufacture Française d'Armes et de Cycles /... Lot 1

Manufacture Française d'Armes et de Cycles / Manufrance. Workshop Jacob Weeser-Krell (1843-1903). (Watercolorist and engineer. Austrian school). Panoramic view of the Manufacture Française d'Armes et Cycles. Undated (circa 1910). Large panoramic in one piece on canvas. Dimensions : 3 meters 60 by 97 centimeters. Original drawing / Black wash on strong paper. Drawing intended for the head of invoices of the Manufacture. Original work of any rarity. The work having been mounted on a frame, the external margins bear traces of it, without any damage to the drawing. Weeser-Krell was one of the painters and draughtsmen who specialized in the representation of factories.He perfected a method of developing bird's-eye views using central projection.This allowed him to represent monumental views of high factories.In 1875, he founded his "Institute for Perspective" in Trier. In 1886 he stayed in Rome, where he prepared his main work View of St. Peter's and the Vatican in Rome from the Janiculum . In 1891 he moved to Upper Austria and in 1896 he founded an art institute. After his death in 1903, his son Ferdinand Weeser Krell (1883-1957) continued the business, which was a brand name for factory views, until 1911