Artist: Renate Dollinger (German/American, born 1924) Title: The Voyage Year: Circa 1970 Medium: Gouache and watercolor Paper: Watercolor Image size: 15.5 x 21.5 inches Signature: Signed lower right by the artist Condition: Excellent Frame: Framed in a wooden custom gold frame, with gold color bevel Renate Dollinger's vibrant gouache and watercolor paintings tell stories of life in the Shtetls - the villages of Eastern Europe where Jews lived. Born in a small town in the Silesian Alps in Germany, she managed to escape to London in 1939. As a refugee, she attended Reiman School of Art and the London Polytechnic Institute. In 1947 she joined her surviving sister in California, and began a 47-year painting career. The gouaches and watercolors of this noted artist are held in many collection in California and behind.