Painting with Clivia flowers  was executed by Austrian landscape and portrait painter of Impressionism Georg  Gerlach ( 1874 Berlin - 1962 Vienna).

After completing secondary school, the Berlin native attended the graphic arts teaching and research institute in Vienna and at the same time received private painting lessons. His further education was varied: he first studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, then at the Munich Art School and the Munich Academy; He was also trained at the Austrian Museum of Art and Industry. He exhibited his works, which can be classified as Impressionism, primarily in the Vienna Künstlerhaus, the Hagenbund and the Vienna Secession. His main motifs were animated landscapes and flowers. As other several flower works by Gerlach from the same period , our work was executed from Viennese Botanic Garden around 1910-1920 .  Study trips took Gerlach to Germany, France, Monaco and Italy. 

Literature :Thieme/Becker "Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künsler..", Leipzig, 1999; Prof.H.Fuchs "Austrian Artists"(in german), Vienna, 1975.

Inscription: signed lower right.

Technique: oil on canvas. Original period gilt frame.

Measurements: umframed w 16" x h 22" (40,5 x 56 cm), framed w 18 1/2" x h 24 3/4" (47 x 63 cm) .

Condition: in very good condition.