Fritz Mühsam Fleurs: Dahlia Flower Still Life
An original early 20th-century oil painting, Fritz Mühsam, Fleurs: Dahlia Flower Still Life.
A joyous floral still life painting, likely painted in the 1930s, by interesting modernist German artist Fritz Mühsam (1880–1946). Mühsam was born in Hamburg and later worked in Berlin and Paris, where he produced paintings with Cubist and Expressionist influences.
Colourful dahlias sit amidst exuberant green leaves in a shimmering pearlescent vase. The juxtaposition of colours, applied in pure, gestural dabs makes this painting part-figurative still life, part-study in colour and form.
In oil paint on canvas.
Presented in its original Montparnasse frame. Frame size: 53.5 x 61.5cm. Image size: 37 x 44.5cm.
Dimensions: Height: 53.5cm (21.06") Width: 61.5cm (24.21")
Presented: Framed.
Medium: Oil
Age: Early 20th-century
Signed: Signed lower right.
Inscribed: No.
Dated: --
Condition: In good condition for its age, with vibrant colours. There is a small amount of flaked paint loss to the peach flower at the upper left, and a couple of faint scratches at the upper right corner of the canvas. The frame has surface imperfections to the gilt slip and also some areas of surface flaking to the paint on the decorative frame. However, these imperfections are only apparent on close inspection; overall impression is good.
Stock number: KA-594
