Lot 72: RUDOLF WEISS

RUDOLF WEISS BOHEMIAN B. 1859 THE ARMS MERCHANT PRESENTING HIS WARES signed and dated R. Weisse / 86 Paris lower left oil on panel 61 by 39cm., 24 by 15¼in.

Sale: Gros & Delettrez, Paris, 23 June 2008, lot 51
Purchased by the present owner at the above sale

Weiss belonged to the highly successful school of Viennese trained Austrian and Bohemian artists, including Ludwig Deutsch and Rudolf Ernst, who made Orientalist subjects their metier and perfected the genre. The present work displays the academic rigour and attention to detail that characterise these artists' work, the wood panel in this case providing the perfect support for achieving an almost luminous clarity. Like Deutsch and Ernst, Weiss settled in Paris, where his Orientalist subjects found a ready market.