Sold painting by Robert Scheffer

Elegant Lady in Biedermeier Interior

Signed and dated 1922 l.l.

Oil on canvas

31,5*23,6 inch (80*60 cm), framed 35,4*27,5 inch (90*70 cm)

Biography Robert Scheffer

Scheffer (Vienna 1859 - Vienna 1934) was trained by the painters Griepenkerk, Wurzinger, Leopold Müller and Ferdinand Keller at The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and Karlsruhe. His works are among others to be found in the collection of the Municipal Museum in Vienna. From 1905 to 1918, he exhibited regularly at the Vienna Künstlerhaus. His most popular paintings were on the theme, "Young Woman in a Biedermeier Interior", of which there are numerous variations. He was a board member of the Albrecht Dürer Association and had his own art school.