A pair of floral paintings (alpine flowers) were executed in the middle of 19th century by important representative of Viennese Biedermeier Flower School, renown Austrian flower and landscape artist Josef Schuster (1812 Grätz by Troppau - 1890 Vienna). He studied at the Fine Arts Academy in Vienna by J.Mössmer, Sebastian Wegmayr and Franz Xaver Petter. Since 1862 was a member of famous Artist Union "Wiener Künstlerhaus". His flower botanical studies and classical still lifes broken him acknowledge among international collectors.

Literature: Prof.H.Fuchs, Lexicon of austrian artists, Vienna, 1975.

Inscription: both signed with famous artists monogram JS .

Technique: oil on wood. Luxuriousy gold-plated original period frames .

Measurements: each: unframed w 10 " x h 12 2/3 " (14 x17 cm), framed w 17 3/4" x h 20 1/2 " ( 30,5 x 33,5 cm)

Condition: in very good condition.