Otto Pippel (1878 Lodz - 1960 Planegg near Munich) Coffee in the garden Characteristic garden scene painted by the artist with a virtuoso, loose style and strong impasto application of colour. Pippel studied in Karlsruhe and Dresden under Gotthard Kuehl, among others. Based mainly in Planegg near Munich from 1909, he made his debut in 1911 at the Munich Glaspalast, where he exhibited regularly and frequently from then on. In the same year, he became a member of the Luitpold Group artists' association. In addition to harvest scenes and views of lakes in Upper Bavaria, Pippel's main motifs included Munich and Starnberg beer and coffee gardens as well as par force hunts. His style is characterised by shimmering light effects and a dense, impasto application of paint using a palette knife technique or loose brushstrokes. Oil/painted cardboard. Signed lower right; 29 cm x 36 cm. Frame. Oil on cardboard. Signed.