Karl Graf (Rothenburg o.T. 1902 - 1986 Speyer), ,Wasigenstein, 1939, oil on panel, signed, dated and inscribed on the lower right (scratched into the still damp paint), 126 x 192.5 cm, on the reverse Moscow city view: view across the Moskva River to the Kremlin during fireworks, in gray painted rococo style frame, overall size: 142 x 209.5 cm. Limit 100,- >> studied in Nuremberg a. Berlin, stays in Southern Europe a. North Africa, landscape painter a. illustrator, works in various Palatinate museums; litt. Palatinate museums; for details see: Vollmer, Künstlerlexikon Rheinland-Pfalz.

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