Wilhelm Gdanietz, Interior Scene With Woman Peeling Potatoes

Wilhelm Gdanietz, Interior Scene With Woman Peeling PotatoesA beautifully rendered oil on canvas depicting a woman peeling potatoes within a rustic interior. The colours are extraordinary and its painted superbly. Wilhelm Gdanietz (1893 1969) led a difficult life but overcame the odds to become a very successful painter. At the age of two, he became deaf following a bout of scarlet fever, which led to him spending much of his childhood at a deaf and dumb institution. During this time, he mustve found great

Fellow Christians are slaughtered as a myriad of icons draw him closer

An attractive light-filled street scene depicting several old buildings in Alsace

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Do let us know if you’re familiar with this area as it was probably an actual place rather than an imagined location

particularly where it cascades across the ripples of water

Or is she looking sceptically at the painter wondering how she will look

The painting is signed in the upper right and housed within a beautiful swept frame

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 25” x 36” / 63cm x 92cmYear of creation: 1889Provenance: EnglandCondition: Beautiful condition following a light restoration

1900Provenance: DenmarkCondition: Presentable

There’s a real joy in this painting and you can see how much Strahn treasured working outdoors

He attended the Munich Academy of Fine Arts and is also known as an accomplished illustrator

During his time there