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ROLAND STRASSER (Austrian/American, 1895-1974) NUDE oil on canvas; signed Strasser, l.r. and 27A Roland Strasser, verso; 37 x 15 1/2 inches, framed: 43 1/2 x 22 inches Other Notes: Austrian born painter, Roland Strasser, studied art in Vienna and Munich. His love of travel took him through Indonesia and Southeast Asia where he became best known for his images of native life. In 1934, he settled in Bali where he painted for ten years. It has been suggested that this intimate portrait of a nude woman with stockings is possibly his wife, Enrica Strasser. In 1952, Strasser immigrated America, settling in Santa Monica, California.