Genre painting of a happy drinker was executed in 1924 by German genre painter and illustrator August Roeseler (1866 Hamburg - 1934 Munich). Pupil of Munich Academy under Lindenschmit, worked as genre artist, recieved popularity with with folk scenes and drinker genre paintings. Illustrated famous magazine of the time "Fliegende Blätter".

Literature: Thieme/Becker "Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart".

Inscription: signed lower left.

Technique: oil on canvas. Original period  frame

Measurements: unframed w 15 1/3" x h 17 1/3" (39 x 44 cm), framed w 20 1/2" x h 22 1/2" (52 x 57 cm)

Condition: in very good condition.