Oriental market scene somewhere in Bosnia, from where the author used has used motifs for his several paintings. Rudolf Blum (1896 - Vienna - 1973) - Austrian painter, studied as stage painter in the studio of Burghart and Brioschi in Vienna under Alexander and Leopold Rothaug, Georg Janny and Konrad Petrides, then 3 years art school of Austrian museum for Art and Industry in Vienna. Travels to Italy, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Germany. many rural scenes, including in Balcan, animal works, landscapes in oil and waterclour.

Exhibitions: 1938, ´42, ´44, ´49 Vienna, Zedlitzhalle:Union of painters of Vienna / 1988 Klosterneuburg, Rostock-Villa: artist union in Klosterneuburg, Jubiläums-Exhibition 1908-1988 (cat.).

Literature: Austrian Artist lexicon, III, (ÖKL) III, 1977; General artist lexicon by Saur, V.XI, 1995, p.628.

Inscription: signed lower left.

Technique: oil on canvas. Gallery frame.

Measurements: unframed w " (cm), framed w " ( cm )

Condition: in very good condition.