Arrival of a trade caravan in the Caucasian village at the Black Sea ( probably in Adjara/Georgia or in Circassia). On the back ground can be see snow-capped picks of Elbrus mount. The painting created in 1872 by very renowed German painter Paul von Franken (1818 Oberbachem bei Godesberg - 1884 Duesseldorf). He was a last painter of the romantic epoche , which in the middle of 19 century found his way into the Caucasus. The typical representative of late romantic time, Franken looked for the motives of his works in the mysterious nature , whose beauty and purityrepresented an eternal inspiration-pour for the romantic artist. With the experienced eye of a nature connoisseur from River Rioni or the areas around the city Kutaisi wrapped completely in green painted the Caucasian mountain landscapes, the wild river. Other drawings again kidnap the viewer into the old part of town of Tiflis. One can feel the strange, eastern flair of this city, which must have exercised an inconceivable attraction to the romantic of Franken. People´s figures play in his representations nevertheless a main place , they are addition to the landscapes , central component of his works. This landscape representations of the painter make interesting his works until today and obtain an impression of the unaffected nature of the Caucasus this time. Full biography of the painter in German can be find by Goethe-Institute in Tbilissi /Tiflis under : http://www.goethe.de/ins/ge/prj/dig/mal/fra/de174275.htm

Literature : Thieme/Becker "Arist Lexicon (in german); Benezit "Artist lexicon"(in french),