Boris Solotareff Watercolor Painting on Paper "Red Hat"

Item Details

A watercolor painting on paper titled Red Hat by listed artist Boris Solotareff (1889-1966), circa 1930. Within a thumbnail sized field, the piece depicts a figure in a red hat in front of a green background. The work bears an estate stamp to the lower right. A pair of gallery labels are present to the verso. Under a single layer of cream mat, the work is presented under glass in an embellished silver-tone frame.

Born in Romania, Solotareff received his formal art training at the Munich Academy of the Fine Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. While in Munich, Solotareff was exposed to the Munich Secession, a group of visual artists who sought to defend and promote their art against increasingly conservative views in Germany. His Munich period would impart his continual use of a sense of comfort called gemütlichkeit in his works. Solotareff would later move to the United States, where he remained longer than any other country. He was exhibited widely and often during his lifetime. Today, his works can be found in many private collections.

Condition

- minor scuffing present to frame.

Dimensions

- measures the frame; image measures 2" W x 1.5" H.

Item #

16MOR003-046