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Description
24" (61 cm.) 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". 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.