Frits Schiller - Haven in Cannes - Sold

Watercolor on paper by Frits Schiller (1886-1971). 36.3 x 48 cm (frame 43.5 x 53.5 x 2 cm) Signed lower right F. Schiller, Cannes.
The condition of the work is good. Slight overall yellowing of the paper. A light edge is visible at the top, over which a passe-partout apparently once fell, resulting in less yellowing.
Frits Schiller (George Friederich Ferdinand Schiller) was the son of a successful owner of an establishment on Rembrandtplein in Amsterdam and was trained as a painter in that city. But when his father died in 1907, he took over the management of the family business with his brother Hein and his sister Elsa and had the hotel-restaurant spread over five buildings converted into one in a style with many Art Deco elements (for a large part still intact). In addition to his work as a hotel director, Frits Schiller continued to paint, although that never became his main occupation.
In the Interwar period, the hotel and restaurant enjoyed a heyday; the Schillerbar developed into a meeting point of the urban bohème thanks to the charm of the artistic director and that of his acting wife. Writers such as Heijermans, Slauerhoff and Greshoff, painters such as Breitner, actors and comedians, as well as musicians and architects, frequented the Schiller family's catering establishment. Frits Schiller created more than 600 paintings in a style inspired by the Amsterdam Impressionists of his youth; about half of it adorns the Schiller complex in the restaurant, lobby and hotel rooms. Frits Schiller painted portraits, still lifes and cityscapes. (Source: gallerease.com)