STREET SCENE WITH CARRIAGE - OIL IMPASTO ON CANVAS Christian Reuter He set up the sister

He set up the sister factory in 1959 to produce higher-end ceramics—artistic and often experimental—to complement the mass-produced lines of Jasba

The manufacture of more artistic and experimental items had heretofore been the province of small workshops

Albrecht Leo Merz was also temporarily employed by Stützel-Sachs before going on to found the Werkhaus Mertz in 1918

(In 1937 the company had been sold to the Swedish Cooperative Union

Frame Type Framed Artist Henri Matisse Period 1950s Place of Origin France Item Type Vintage

STREET SCENE WITH CARRIAGE - OIL IMPASTO ON CANVAS Christian Reuter He set up the sisterThis evocative, mid century oil on canvas depicts a narrow, perhaps Parisian or Mediterranean, streetscape with figure groupings and vehicles in the foreground. Executed in heavy impasto style, it's signed (illegibly) and dated at the bottom right. Remarkably well matched to its new frame. Production Year 1964 Artist UNKNOWN Medium OIL ON CANVAS Colors MULTICOLOR Condition VERY GOOD (no defects; may show slight traces of use) Height (in.) 31. 0 Width