![Rudolf Swoboda - A Cairene Courtyard [1891]](http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1489/26002522615_2d56fc2f41_o.jpg)
Poised and grounded in reality, Swoboda's paintings are based on his observations of the daily life of the Egyptians he met on his travels. Presented in its impressive, original frame, and exhibited at the prestigious annual salon at the royal Glaspalast, Munich, the year it was painted, A Cairene Courtyard counts among Swoboda’s chef-d’oeuvres. Far more elaborate than the figure studies and portraits for which he is more usually known, it displays extraordinary skill in rendering light, colour and texture within an elaborate composition.
[Sotheby’s, London - Oil on canvas, 63.5 x 80 cm]