Leopold Bara (Vienna 1846 - 1911), Women chatting by the roadside, oil on panel, 73 x 49 cm. Signed lower right 'L. BARA'. The painting, an oil on panel, is the work of Leopold Bara, a Viennese-born artist who was born in 1846 and died in 1911. He depicts two women caught talking to each other: one is pictured standing, the other sitting on the roadside cross-legged with her child on her lap, almost like a lay madonna of humility. Next to them lies a large wicker basket filled with clothes and an open red umbrella. It is possible that the two women, undoubtedly belonging to the humbler social classes, were on their way to a stream to wash their clothes and that they used the umbrella to shield themselves from the sun's rays on the way and then stopped to let one of them's little son rest. Serving as a backdrop to the two women is a high brick wall whose linear course is moved by two pillars. Between these is a sign reading 'VIA DI SANTO STEFANO CT'. Beyond the brick wall rise the green fronds of a tree. And a cloud-laden sky can be glimpsed. Leopold Bara was a pupil at the Academy of A. Feuerbach. He travelled to Italy and then took part in Count Lanckoronski's scientific expedition to Greece and Asia Minor. He exhibited his works in Vienna at the Artists' House and at the International Gallery in Munich. He was a painter who dealt with various genres, from mythological subjects such as Perseus and Andromeda to genre scenes such as the one illustrated here. There are also portraits and paintings taken from literature. Examples of these include a family portrait, a woman playing the guitar, the referee and Othello on Desdemona's bed.
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