This original project for popular  Austrian magazine of the turn of 20 century "Oesterreichs Illustrierte Zeitung" was created in 1918 by  high listed austrian genre painter and illustrator  Professor Adolf Reich ( 1887 Vienna - 1963 Salzburg). He studied at the  Vienna Art Academy , later worked as stage painter in the Volkstheater in Vienna and as Illustator in the "Illustrierte Zeitung " in Lepzig in Vienna ( in the time of WW1). In the 1930-s he moved to Munich and after 1946 lived in Salzburg.His most popular paintings were genre subjects and he was called as " Austrian Spitzweg). His works can be find in the international collections and museums , for example Lichtenstein Museum in Vienna.

Literature : H.Fuchs " Lexicon of austrian artists".

Inscription: signed lower right  and dated 1915

Technique: ink,  sepia, gouache  on paper .

Measurements:  21 1/4" x 15 " (58 x 40 cm)

Condition: in quite  good condition