Original watercolour (grisaille) as design to Vienna Art Nouveau post card was executed by good listed Austrian artist Josef Kraenzle (1874 - 1937). Kränzle was a famous illustrator in Vienna in the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century, working for different newspapers, magazines and doing designs for postcards.
Literature: Prof.H.Fuchs, Lexicon of Austrian artists, Vienna, 1975
Inscription: signed J.Kraenzle, lower left and inscribed in German "Vienna".
Technique: grisaille (one-colour watercolour) on cardboard.
Measurements: w 11 1/2" x h 7 1/2" (29,3 x 19 cm)
Condition: in good condition.
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