Odo Dobrowolski
Odo Dobrowolski was a Lviv artist of Polish-German origin. He is mainly known as a graphic artist, in particular a watercolorist and a master of pastels and lithographs. This is one of the artist's earliest works that was created before his trips to Paris. This is the last image of the cafe before it was closed in 1907; it is the foreground composition that depicts the corner of the former Schneider's building in Akademichna Street, 7 in Lviv. To the right there is an arched window on a rusticated wall; above it there is a balcony. To the left there is a metal fence, behind which one can see the tables under the awning of the cafe. In the color scheme, the artist contrasts the planes performed in black India ink against the light watercolor tones, showing bright sunlight on the southern facade of the house.
P.S. Schneider's Cafe unfortunately closed, but Dobrowolski most certainly saw lots of classy and cozy cafés in Paris! Fortunately for us, they were all depicted by the biggest names of modern European art! See the Parisian cafés in art!
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