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Description
24" x 19" framed. The richly-textured oil painting
features an early period character doll by Kathe
Kruse,posed semi-profile,with flowered dress,coral
shoes and bonnet decorated with large flower at
the side. Signed "Boemm Ritta". Excellent
condition. The Hungarian-born artist Ritta Boemm
(1868-1948) worked in water-color,gouache,and
oils,exhibited "Village Street" and "Peasant Farm"
at Dresden in 1892,and was noted for her
richly-textured still life paintings of cozy
scenes in the family home. About 1915 she came
across a character doll by Kathe Kruse,and noting
that their style complemented her painting
genre,created a small series of paintings
centering on the dolls. Excellent
condition,framed. Ritta Boemm,circa 1915.