Othmar Ruzicka 
(1877 - Vienna - 1962)
"A Seated Lady"
pastel on canvas: 128 x 130 cm;
signed and dated 1913
Notes
The academic painter Prof. Othmar Ruzicka was born in Vienna as the son of a Bohemian railway employee and a mother from Ritzendorf, Weinviertel (in the north-east of Austria). From 1906 to 1945 he lived in Fröllersdorf and in 1945 he moved to Vienna. His drawings and paintings were known and admired during his life time, while he was also a very active photographer of every-day life in his home town.