SOLD George Stimmel (1880-1964) Very Pink Stage Set, Gouache on Cardboard Painting tiny architecture Slip glazed showing a sort

Slip glazed showing a sort of mustardy brown

though yesterday I thought it looked quite beatific

I really love the detailed spur on the calvary soldier at top

Plum measures 2 1/2" t x 2 1/2" w

Some of the animals feature pencil-drawn faces

SOLD George Stimmel (1880-1964) Very Pink Stage Set, Gouache on Cardboard Painting tiny architecture Slip glazed showing a sortI paid no attention to the signature on this little gouache on cardboard painting when I found it, but searching for G. Stimmel quickly turned up George Stimmel, 1880 1964, a painter, printmaker, illustrator and designer who was born in New Jersey and educated at the Pratt Institute of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Stimmel went on to work as a set designer at the Metropolitan Opera and was a member of the Scenic Artists Union which