View of the beach at the historical Baltic Sea resort of Brunshaupten near Rostock.

The Baltic Sea ( in German: Ostsee) resort of Brunshaupten no longer exists under that name. It merged with the neighboring town of Arendsee in 1938 and has since been called Kühlungsborn. The history of this historic seaside resort dates back to 1881. Today, it is one of the largest and most traditional seaside resorts on the Mecklenburg Baltic coast.

The author of this painting is Austrian history, genre and portrait artist Otto Robert Nowak (1874 Vienna - 1945 Senftenberg near Krems).

Literature: Prof.H.Fuchs, Lexicon of Austrian artists, Vienna; Thieme/Becker "Lexicon of artists from antique to contemporary", Leipzig, 1999.

Inscription: signed lower left; on the back of the stretcher: 1. the stamp of a  frame maker in Berlin from those time; 2. Title in German: Ostseebad Brunshaupten .

Technique: oil on canvas. Original period frame.

Measurements: unframed w 19 2/3" x h 15 3/4" (50 x 40 cm), framed w 22 1/2" x h 18 1/5" (57 x 47 cm)

Condition: in good condition