Robert Schmidt-Hamburg (1885-1963), surf in the evening light. Oil / Lvd., U. re. sign. R Schmidt-Hamburg, 51 x 72 cm, eng. 62 x 82 cm, rest., Retouching, u. in the middle min. Farbabplatzer.- Schmidt-Hamburg was autodidact and undertook for study purposes 1901-1914 a total of 17 sea voyages. In addition to his work as a Marian painter, he began in the 1930s, his cooperation with the North German Lloyd in Bremen, for which he made maritime motifs for printed matter of all kinds.