Watercolor Of A Clown By Arthur Schachenmann

Watercolor by Arthur Schachenmann. Red-haired clown wearing a red bow tie, offering a shy smile. A gentle and cheerful work. Signed lower right. Dimensions: 39.5 cm x 29.5 cm. Dimensions with mat: 50 x 40 cm. Unframed. Arthur Schachenmann, born in Altkirch (Haut-Rhin) in 1893 and died in Schaffhausen in 1978, was an Alsatian painter. Self-taught, he painted landscapes of the Sundgau region and still lifes. He was close to the painters Robert Breitwieser and Léon Lehman, who influenced his work. He exhibited regularly in Paris, at the Chéron Gallery, Drouant, and at the Salon des Tuileries and Salon d'Automne. His work is held in the Altkirch Museum, the Strasbourg Museum, and the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp.