"Springtime", VOGEL Heinrich Max (1871-1939)

This oil on canvas is dated 1931 and belongs to the German school of the Art Deco period. Painted by the German painter and illustrator Heinrich Max Vogel (1871-1939), the work is an allegory of spring. The composition depicts two nude children playing beside a pond in a birch woodland landscape evocative of the Bavarian forest, with a squirrel perched on a branch. The work is characterised by a luminous palette. The canvas is signed and dated lower right and is presented in its original frame. The canvas measures 65 cm high by 62 cm wide, and 81 cm high by 78 cm wide including the frame.