Robert Schraudolph "Autumn Sun". 1921. Robert Schraudolph1887 Sonthofen - 1978 ibid. Oil on canvas. Signed "Robert Schraudolph" and dated on the lower right. Verso titled in lead on the stretcher and provided with a paper label, numbered "130". Framed in a profiled, bronze-coloured wooden frame. Canvas o. wavy, verso foxed and yellowed. Painting layer with early shrinkage cracks. Clearly yellowed varnish. Measures: 65 x 53 cm, cm. 65 x 77. Robert Schraudolph 1887 Sonthofen - 1978 ibid. German landscape painter. Studied at the academy of arts in Munich, where he later worked as an artist. He exhibited his works in the Neue Pinakothek, in the Maximilianeum and in the Haus der Kunst in Munich. He received a silver medal for his work from the city of Salzburg. After the war Schraudolph returned to his hometown Sonthofen.

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