Lovely Art Deco genre scene with with flirtatious flower seller was painted in 1925 by rewnown Czech illustrator and watercolour artist Karel Simunek (1869 - 1942). He studied under Prof. Vaclav Brozik and M. Pirner at the Prague Academy and was also known as a poster and stage designer.
Literature: K.Simunek is listed in the New Dictionary of Czech Painters by Dr.P.Toman, Prague 1950.
Inscription: signed and dat.1925 lower right.
Technique: watercolour on paper. In original frame.
Measurements: image w 11 2/3" x h 15 1/8" (29,5 x 38,5 cm); matted and framed w 18 1/8" x h 22" (46 x 56 cm)
Condition: in good condition. |