Brussels Street Scene Painting

Oil painting picturing a narrow street or alleyway in brussels with houses and a small grocery stand with two ladies. The painting is signed by f. Jorwitz. Ferdinand jorwitz was a painter who lived in belgium (1897 – 1979). He was a painter of landscapes, still life paintings and flowers. He often paints the landscape of brabant in a melancholic way and the old parts of brussels. Often by his hand are still life paintings with gloomy backgrounds and warm and faded tones. The painting is framed in a 1950s-60s style frame with glass. The painting probably dates from the mid century as well. The frame is signed on the back: impasse des quatre-livres, brussels. H (of the frame) 52 cm. W (of the frame) 60 cm. H (of the painting) 36 cm. W (of the painting) 44 cm.