Osmar Schindler "Wehlen". 1904. Osmar Schindler1867 Burkhardtsdorf - 1927 Dresden-Wachwitz Oil on cardboard. Unsigned. U.r. extensively scratched dated "24.IV.04", titled as well as inscribed "N 4-5". Verso inscribed in black "Zinkweiß v. Mussini" as well as annotated by another hand in lead. Provenance: Dresden private collection; formerly the estate of Osmar Schindler. Corners bumped and with slight loss of colour. In the marginal areas partially small chips. At the lower margin a small hole for the purpose of tearing as well as a tiny tear in the upper layer of the painting cardboard. Isolated inconspicuous scratches. Dimensions: 17 x 25.6 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.