Rosch Watercolour help

View attachment 351567 Hi all, I’ve recently bought this lovely watercolour and I’d appreciate any help on the artist and location area. It’s signed Rosch and looks like initial “A” but unclear, with year 17 (assume 1917). In my little research I’ve located Ludwig Rosch working at the same time with some field scenes that look similar - perhaps it could be his except that odd initial! A mistake?! I’ve not taken the backing off yet. Windmill could be Poland? Germany? I can see similar windmills from there online. I also found a Rosch painting with very similar frame but perhaps just of the period. His signatures vary in style with some having similar letter style (this one very art nouveau script). The painting itself measures 42cm x 27cm and then the frame. Frame looks to be gilded plaster on timber backing and the plaster is cracked with bits missing. Another little clue, the backing board looks like it’s got the Polish word for batteries on it (Akumulatora - it’s shown backward so probably on the reverse side). Framed in Poland maybe…long shot?!). Would love your thoughts and ideas or leads.

 

When I see a windmill, I think of @Any Jewelry.........

 

Square windmills without a separate base construction are typically Polish. The Netherlands has square windmills on a pointy base.

I agree, the year is 1917, with that very nice lettering.
Rösch is a German-sounding surname, there used to be many ethnic Germans in Poland.

Dutch book on Polish windmills (not mine):



Dutch 'standerdmolen', literally 'mill on a stand'.:

 

Wow!

That last picture is quite the image!

 

Many thanks @Any Jewelry, very interesting and good to know. It could be another Rosch, although Ludwig did seem to paint all across Europe so still possible it’s him…not sure what that initial means though.

 

I searched for A. Rösch, but couldn't find anything.
Ludwig Rösch's signature is different:


https://fineart.ha.com/itm/fine-art...-12-3-4insigned-at-lower-left/a/77081-27105.s

This one has the same signature:
https://www.omnia.ie/index.php?navigation_function=2&navigation_item=/15508/42920&repid=1

 

Scary, isn't it. We have quite a few of those in the region where I live.

 

Yes agree @Any Jewelry although they seem to vary, here are two others attributed - see lettering on this one - the lettering more nouveau style - the C the same.
https://www.artprice.com/marketplac...281865-1936-29-22by-woerishofen-in-bavaria-22
And on this one it’s just Rosch no initial and check the frame out…very similar…maybe just the era
https://www.dorotheum.com/en/l/398251/

 

Agree. I don’t think it is Ludwig. Not only is the signature different but I didn’t see any other paintings of him that were dated.

 

Yes, both frames are typical of the era.

Good point.

 

Really appreciate the responses, good to know it’s most likely set in Poland and 1917 seems right. The mystery of who the artist is remains elusive but you never know what leads people might suggest. Either way I’m happy with the purchase and enjoy the research part just as much

 

Beautiful work.
The artist should be Dietrich Rusch.
https://www.askart.com/artist_related/Dietrich_Rusch/11066898/Dietrich_Rusch.aspx
Here it's possible to make a comparison with signature (bottom on the right).
https://www.lelandlittle.com/items/124022/dietrich-rusch-german-1863-1959-country-altar/

 

I found a different listing that shows Diedrich Rusch's signature. To me there are several differences in the printing, especially including the fact that the original post above includes an umlaut over the second letter, and Diedrich Rusch did not. I do not think that the two signatures were written by the same person. I do think the initial letter in the original post above could be a D. The last name in the original post above could be Rösch or (less likely, imo) Rüsch.


https://www.invaluable.com/auction-...959-oppeln-wingst-1925-oil-c-509-c-dc24e9cb43

 

I agree. The composition of the OP's work is charming but the artist really struggled to capture the dimensionality of the windmill, especially the entrance side. The other like-name artist's are more skilled in perspective. And they both appeared to have worked in oil, not watercolor.

Debora

 

The signatures are handmade and not made with stamp.
There is an evolution in signature during time (see for example a page of several Picasso signatures).
For the style , I think this work could be compliant with Rusch paintings.
Maybe I could be wrong , I'm trying only to help the author of the thread.
I add another pic found on internet.
The main difference is the ".." on the "u".

 

Good find.. Also dated.. I would agree. Possible

 

I agree, the signature looks similar, and I did consider a D, except I couldn't find any D Rüsch.
Is it possible that Dietrich Rusch's surname is in fact Rüsch, but for some reason he thought it better to leave out the umlaut? Due to anti-German sentiments maybe?

There is a Dutch writer called Harry Mulisch, who changed his name to Mulish to make it sound less German. (Austro-Hungarian father who collaborated with the Germans, German-Jewish mother.)

 

Are you referring to the fact that I called it printing? I meant it was written by hand with individual letters, not written in script handwriting. I did not mean printed with a stamp. In the USA we call it printing, such as a child would do.

Maybe I misunderstood, but I don't see any comments saying that the signature was made with a stamp... so I am just trying to clarify my statement.