Osmar Schindler "View from Gamzig". Probably beginning of the 20th century. Osmar Schindler1867 Burkhardtsdorf - 1927 Dresden-Wachwitz Oil on cardboard. Unsigned. Titled in black on the reverse, inscribed "Zinkweiß Mussini" and numbered twice "113". Provenance: Dresden private collection; formerly estate of Osmar Schindler. Corners bent. In the marginal areas partially small chips. At the upper margin a small hole for tearing purposes. Partially inconspicuous scratch marks and tiny to small missing parts in the painting layer. Dimensions: 16,9 x 25,7 cm. Osmar Schindler 1867 Burkhardtsdorf - 1927 Dresden-Wachwitz 1882-90 Studies at the Dresden academy of arts under Friedrich Preller the Younger, Ferdinand Pauwels and Leon Pohle. Afterwards he works as a freelance artist. Travels abroad to Belgium, Holland, France and Italy. 1900-24 teacher at the Dresden academy of arts, 1903 appointment as professor. Head of the modelling class and of a painting hall. Member of the 'Deutscher Künstlerbund'. Schindler created numerous wall, window and ceiling paintings in Saxon churches, e.g. in the Dresden Annenkirche.