Post #660900 by komohana on Fri, Dec 7, 2012 9:54 PM

This find perhaps belongs in Beyond Tiki,
but as it may have a broader appeal I'll add it here.

This painting is an original oil on canvas by a little known (to me at least)
German artist and is signed: Carla Merck - Damsthal.

The man from whom I purchased the painting informed me that he had acquired it
in New Zealand some 30 years ago and that he believed that it was painted in Samoa
by Carla Merck at or around the time that German power ended there in 1914.
He also said that there are paintings of hers in Germany dated around 1916 which
might indicate that she left Samoa for the Fatherland at about that time.

Regardless of the actual provenance I think it will look just fine somewhere in my
bar (still under construction).