"Children by the roadside chapel: pastel tones and national costumes in the highlands of Tyrol"

(1898 Munich - 1947 ibid.) Children at a Wayside Chapel. In pastel tones, a realistically depicted wayside chapel at the edge of a forest with praying children in national costumes, most likely from the highlands of Tyrol. This is a Biedermeier, summery and joyful painting by Moral, firmly rooted in the tradition of Carl Spitzweg. He studied under his father Paul Moral, a student of Spitzweg and Christian Morgenstern; in addition, he owned several albums with sketches and preliminary drawings by Spitzweg. From 1903, Moral studied at the Munich Academy under Karl Raupp and quickly achieved success at the Munich Glaspalast. Oil on wood panel. Signed with location Munich. 55 cm x 38 cm. Framed.