Expressionistic view of a town  in Saxony  was executed in 1924 (!) in impasto technique by German academical portrait, still life and landscape painter, poet and speaker Arthur Fedor Försner (1866 - DReseden - 1939). 

 His parents were poor, and several of his siblings died in childhood. He himself had a walking disability, was usually sickly, and a loner. After finishing school, Förster initially worked as a porcelain painter from 1882 to 1885. From 1886, he attended the Royal Saxon Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden for ten years, training as a painter specializing primarily in portraits and coats of arms. Afterwards, he worked as a freelance artist in Dresden and also gave private lessons in painting and drawing techniques.

He lived with his parents until the age of 40 and only established his own household in 1906, where he lived a very secluded life, unmarried and childless. Due to the quality of his portraits , he increasingly received commissions from the upper echelons of society in Dresden and the surrounding area. Among his best-known paintings is that of Klara May in Radebeul, widow of Karl May, whom he portrayed in 1933. Besides portraits and coats of arms, he also painted still lifes, female nudes, Christian scenes, and landscapes, primarily in Saxony, such as the ruins of Frauenstein Castle in the Ore Mountains in 1895. He also worked as an occasional poet and speaker. His signatures are arthurfedorförster or A. F. Förster.

Literature: In German: AKL (allgemeines künstlerlexikon) by Saur; Karl B. Thomas: Die Kunst als soziale Leiter. Arthur Fedor Förster, ein Dresdner Porträtmaler in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts. In: Mitteilungen des Landesvereins Sächsischer Heimatschutz e.V., 2005, Heft 1; on-line Wikipedia.

Inscription: signed and dated 1924 lower right.

Technique: oil on canvas, old gilt frame.

Measurements: unframed w 24" x h 17" (61 x 43 cm), framed 28 1/8" x 21 1/2"(71,5 x 54,5 cm).

Condition: good original condition.