Origin: Germany
Period: 1945
Material: Oil on board
Condition: Age-appropriate surface wear and light patina throughout. Frame with minor scuffs consistent with age.
Dimensions: 10.5” width, 9” height (overall); 6” width, 4.5” height (painting)
Germany, 1945.
A charming mid-20th century alpine landscape oil painting depicting a traditional mountain chalet nestled within the dramatic peaks of southern Germany’s Allgäu region.
Executed in oil on artist’s board with expressive, lightly impastoed brushwork, the composition captures a timber farmhouse set against rising meadowland and craggy alpine ridges beyond—a quietly atmospheric study of rural life in post-war Bavaria.
The reverse bears the handwritten inscription:
| Hofarts im Allgäu, 1945
Hofarts is a small alpine hamlet in the Allgäu district near the Austrian border. Such regionally inscribed works were often painted en plein air or shortly thereafter.
Presented in a period-appropriate silvered frame, likely original or near contemporary to the painting.
Because every good room needs a past.
Germany, 1945.
A charming mid-20th century alpine landscape oil painting depicting a traditional mountain chalet nestled within the dramatic peaks of southern Germany’s Allgäu region.
Executed in oil on artist’s board with expressive, lightly impastoed brushwork, the composition captures a timber farmhouse set against rising meadowland and craggy alpine ridges beyond—a quietly atmospheric study of rural life in post-war Bavaria.
The reverse bears the handwritten inscription:
| Hofarts im Allgäu, 1945
Hofarts is a small alpine hamlet in the Allgäu district near the Austrian border. Such regionally inscribed works were often painted en plein air or shortly thereafter.
Presented in a period-appropriate silvered frame, likely original or near contemporary to the painting.
Because every good room needs a past.
Origin: Germany
Period: 1945
Material: Oil on board
Condition: Age-appropriate surface wear and light patina throughout. Frame with minor scuffs consistent with age.
Dimensions: 10.5” width, 9” height (overall); 6” width, 4.5” height (painting)