Baumgartner, Thomas, 1892 Munich - 1962 Kreuth, Oil on canvas, mounted on stretcher, 1915, Portrait of a gentleman, elderly gentleman with moustache and lost in thought, leaning on his walking stick, signed and dated (19)15 top left, Baumgartner was a German painter, who painted striking genre portraits of peasants around Chiemsee and Tegernsee, inspired by his homeland, this is an expressive portrait of an individual with his very own character traits, which Baumgartner deliberately emphasizes, portrait format, 79 cm x 49.5 cm, in a wooden frame (please note shipping instructions)

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