Franz Baier, “Alte Schlesische Baude” (Mountain Hut at Łabski Szczyt), gouache, 16.5 x 21 cm, on paper, signed and inscribed in pencil beneath the work. On the reverse, there is a sticker from the gallery and picture framing shop of Bruno Wenzl in Wrocław, as well as a dedication from 1938 from Kobiela (a village near Grodków —German: Kuhschmalz).
Franz Baier was a German painter active in the first half of the 20th century, originally from northern Germany (Bremen). He was the author of numerous works depicting the Lower Silesian Sudetes. He most often worked in gouache or watercolor.
