(woman and man in salon)

Rudolf Bauer

An uppercrust couple dressed in the latest couture chat in a sitting room, seeming to finish up an evening of entertainment, perhaps a party they’ve thrown or after returning from a show. The seated man, dressed in spats and a bow tie, smokes a cigarette and sinks into an overstuffed chair; the stylish woman standing beside him looks affectionately down upon him. A piano, a flower arrangement, an empty teacup and a pitcher are all that accompany them as the evening comes to a close.

In the 1920s Rudolf Bauer’s career was on the rise, having immersed himself in the Expressionist and avant-garde realms of Berlin and Paris after becoming involved with the Der Sturm gallery and magazine, and while his painting in the 1920s began to focus more and more on the non-objective, he continued to contribute figurative illustrations to a variety of projects and publications. This may have been a part of one such project.