Street scene with hookah smokers in old Jerusalem was executed in 1934 by Franz Kienmayer (1886-1963). The German-Austrian figure and landscape painter Franz Kienmayer was born in Vienna and worked in Vienna, Predlitz, Graz and finally in Leipzig and Baden-Baden. He travelled to Italy and Orient. In 1937 he exhibited at the great German art exhibition in Munich.

Literature: "General Artist´s Lexicon " by H.Vollmer. VI, 1962, 139 , 93; List, 1967.

Inscription: titled, signed and dated: Jerusalem, Kienmayer, 1934, lower left.

Technique: oil on canvas. original period frame.

Measurements: unframed w 35 1/2" x h 27 3/3" (90 x 70,5 cm),  framed w 39 1/4" x h 31 3/4" (100 x 80,5 cm).

Condition: in very good condition.