Forest panting was executed by listed Viennese landscape painter Carl Raimund Lorenz (1871-1945).

Initially a student of R. Schäffer, he received training as a theater decoration painter under Kautsky and Rottonara. Member of the Albrecht Dürer Association.

From 1900 he devoted himself entirely to landscape painting. The Vienna Woods and the Alps were among his favorite motifs.

Literature: Thieme & Becker;  Fuchs, Maler (19.Jh.) Erg.-Bd II, 1979]; Pappernigg, Michaela (edit.): Art of the 20th Century. Inventory catalog of the Austrian Gallery of the 20th Century,  ed.  Austrian Gallery Belvedere, Vienna 1997.

Inscription: signed lower left.

Technique: oil on cardboard, original period framed.

Measurements: unframed w 7 1/2" x h 11 1/3" (19 x 29 cm); matted and framed w 13 3/4" x h 17 1/8" (35 x 43,5 cm).

Condition: in very good condition.