A pair of portraits of old Austrian folk personages with beer mug, as visitors of traditional beer tavern, both portraits were created by famous German-Austrian genre painter and sculptor Johann Michael Kupfer ( 1859 Schwabach - 1917 Vienna). His folk genre scenes in beer taverns and wine "Heuriger" restaurants in Munich and Vienna on the turn of 20th century became very popular among collectors.

Literature:Monography "Johann Michael Kupfer" by Ulrich Distler, Schwabach, 2009; art dictionaries: Thieme/Becker "Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künsler..", Leipzig, 1999; Prof.H.Fuchs "Austrian Artists"(in german), Vienna, 1975

Inscription: each signed upper left and right.

Technique: each oil on canvas, original period gold-plated frames.

Measurements: unframed w 16. 1/2" x h 20 7/8" (42 x 53 cm); framed w 22 7/8" x h 27 1/8" (58 x 69 cm).

Condition: in good original condition.