Art Nouveau still life with flowers by well renown Austrian genre, portrait artist of Jewish origin Simon Glücklich (Brielitz, Schlesia 1863 - 1943 Munich). The artist studied at the Viennese academy (1880-1890) by Leopold Carl Mueller and undertook after study the travel to Italy . Since 1890 settled in Munich . His first painting "Children quartet" was purchased by Austrian Imperor Franz Josef . Some works by Glücklich situated in the Historical Museum of Vienna .
Literature: Prof.H.Fuchs, Lexicon of Austrian artists, Vienna, 1975; Thieme/Becker "Lexicon of artists from antique to contemporary" (in German), Leipzig, 1999.
Inscription: signed lower right.
Technique: oil on cardboard . Original period frame.
Measurements: unframed w 18 1/2" x h 24 3/4 " (47 x 63 cm ), framed 23 1/4 " x 29 1/2 " ( 59 x 75 cm ).
Condition: in very good condition.