Balance

Rudolf Schweitzer–Cumpăna

Description

Oil on cardboard
40 × 30 cm
Signed

About the artist

(b. 7 May 1886, Pitești, Romania – d. 17 February 1975, Bucharest, Romania)
Rudolf Schweitzer-Cumpăna was a distinguished Romanian painter and graphic artist, known especially for his evocative depictions of rural life, peasant figures, still lifes, landscapes, and portraits. Born on 7 May 1886 in Pitești, Romania, into an ethnic German family, he showed artistic talent from an early age and pursued formal art studies abroad.