Lovely dog painting was executed in 1937 by good listed Austrian folwer and animal painter Franz Karl Oktavian Donau (1863 Knittenfeld/Styria - 1945 Vienna), son of painter Franz Donau and father of painter Oscar Robert Dogarth-Donau.

Literature: Prof.H.Fuchs " Die Österreichischen Maler", Vienna, 1975.

Inscription: signed and dated (19)37 lower right.

Technique: oil on canvas, laid down on cardboard, luxuriousy antique gilt frame .

Measurements: unframed w 19 2/3" x h 16 1/3 " (50 x 41,5 cm); framed w 24 1/3" x h 20 4/5" (62 x 53 cm)

Condition: in very good condition