Walter Prescher van Ed, Still life with flowers and gladioli. Probably 1950s. Walter Prescher van Ed1916 Dresden - 1988 Ottendorf-Okrilla Oil on cardboard. Signed "VAN ED" o.l.. Framed in a fluted oak frame. Pressure marks with loss of painting layer in the marginal area due to the framing. Small loss in the painting layer at the lower left side of the table. Varnish with slightly different surface gloss. Verso painting cardboard slightly yellowed and stained. Measures: 80 x 70 cm, overall 92 x 81 cm. Walter Prescher van Ed 1916 Dresden - 1988 Ottendorf-Okrilla Walter Prescher van Ed studied at the academy of arts in Dresden under Ewald Karl Max Enderlein and Paul Rößler. From 1948 he worked as a professor at the Academy of Arts in Berlin and later in Dresden. He lived in France, around 1961 he had a guest professorship at the College of Fine Arts in Nancy.