Robert Kuven (Strasbourg 1901 - 1983 Strasbourg), 'Bauernmädchen aus dem Elsass', c. 1935, oil on canvas, signed on the left half-inch, 81 x 65 cm (French stretcher size F 25), lively portrait in impressionist manner, in wide old silver frame, overall size: 96 x 79 cm. Limit 180,- >> German-French painter, worked as an architect until 1926, then studied painting in Cologne and 1927-30 at the Munich Academy, returned to Strasbourg in 1932 and worked there at the École supérieure des arts décoratifs until 1939, the Square Robert Kuven in Strasbourg was named after him.

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