Arthur Wasse (1854-1930)

Though born and raised in Manchester, Arthur Wasse spent a large portion of his life based in Rothenburg ob der Tauber in Bavaria, where he lived from 1895 until his death in 1930. The present lot depicts jackdaws nesting in the town's church, looking out onto the Bavarian countryside. This is most likely Jakobskirche, a church on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela, Spain.