Fritz BUCHHOLZ (20th c.) [GORZÓW WIELKOPOLSKI], Still Life

oil, canvas; 42.5 x 63 cm;
Signed and dated p. d.: F. Buchholz / 1923;
On the back on the stretcher, inscription: Landsberg [Gorzow Wielkopolski] / W 24 VII 1926.
On the back in brown ink the date "24 VII 1926", which is the 50th anniversary of the birth of Otto Gerloff - the mayor of Gorzow Wielkopolski (Landsberg / W [an der Warthe]) from 1917 to 1941. After the war he was president of the German Red Cross. Gerloff's assistant to the mayor in matters of historic preservation was Fritz Buchholz (1894-1945) - historian, founder of the Gorzow City Museum.
At the beginning of the 20th century, there were two known artists with the same name, however, the nature of their work and signatures are different from the offered work.