Painting of Union lunchtime by Paul Muller. Frame H 28.5" W 35"; picture H 23.75" W 30.5"./////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////(From Askart.com and Battledore Ltd Gallery):"Paul Muller (Russian/American) was born in Estonia. At the age of 16 he joined the Russian Army where he was a musician with the "Labe Guard", the Czar's personal eight regiments. Following the war he worked in Budapest, then studied in Prague, Dresden, and in his native Estonia. There he worked as a sketch artist for a newspaper. Paul Muller came to the United States in 1926 and settled in New York City. He worked as an illustrator for the Encyclopedia Britannica. He also worked as a guard in the Federal Reserve Bank, Pitney Bowes Engraving Service, where he designed for the government one of the first meter-stamp postmarks. But he had a drinking problem, and ended his life as a building superintendent. During these later years he kept painting but his compositions became very phantasmagoric, often mixing references to war events and religious figures. He died in New York in 1970.".In April of this year at Kotler Gallery in upstate NY, a painting of a street scene by Paul Muller sold for 3600.00./////////https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/61057686_p-muller-nyc-street-corner-oil-painting-social////////////////

Good condition overall, a rare example of this funny and inventive artist, whose works rarely turn up on the market.