Artist Biograph Conrad Buff (1886 – 1975) was active/lived in California, Wisconsin / Switzerland. He is known for Landscape painting, printmaking, illustration. But he felt constrained with having to copy patterns, and in the early 1900s went to Munich, where he lived the heady life of a young man.
Ruth Forbes (American, XX Century) painting of an urban town street scene. it depicts a very close buildings with people talking in the street and a bicycle is resting on a pole. It’s very well done, a neat urban scene, I believe this was done when she traveled to Australia. The painting is housed in a simple black painted molding frame, the painting is floated on a white paper mat background, the frame has a protective glass front. The frame does not a hanging wire. Measures; painting 11″ x 16 3/4″, framed 13 1/2″ x 19 3/4″ .
This charming piece captures a rustic, farmhouse aesthetic perfect for kitchen or dining room decor. Technique: Impasto. Subject: Still Life Fruit and Pitcher.