Great imperial interior painting depicts one of Salons of Vienna imperial residence Hofburg , probably the great Salon of empress Elisabeth or Boucher-Room/Red Salon of Alexander-Appartments. The painting by the same artist with the title ”Boucher-Appartement in Hofburg" was sold in Dorotheum on 11.02.1929.  

The author of this painting is Austrian painter Josef Pögl (1867 St.Peter bei Graz-1956 Vienna), he studied at the Staatsgewerbeschule and Art School (both in Graz) and then at the Fine Art Academy in Vienna. Active in Vienna in 1900-1924. Member of Austrian Art Union (Künstlerbund) and exhibited on 11 Annual exhibitions this Union and a painting with the title ”Boucher-Appartement in Hofburg" was sold in Dorotheum on 11.02.1929.

Literature : Dictionary of Austrian Painters of the 19th Century by Dr.H.Fuchs, Vienna 1972; Thieme/Becker "Lexicon of artists from antique to contemporary", Leipzig, 1999

Inscription: signed and dated 1924 lower left.

Technique: oil on canvas. Original period frame.

Measurements: unframed w 41 1/3" x h 29" (105 x 73,5 cm), framed w 51 1/8 " x h 37 3/4" (130 x 96 cm)

Condition: in good condition