(Budapest 1866–1932)
On the beach, signed and inscribed in Hungarian Emlékül Kaptam Bácsimtól/Perlmutter Giza, traces of signature, oil on canvas on canvas, 45.5 x 58 cm, framed

Provenance:
Sale: Hungarian Royal Post Office Auction, October 1934, lot 150
Sale: BAV 80th Auction, Budapest, lot 189
Jenö Eisenberger (1922–2016)
His sale: Mü-Terem Galéria, Budapest, 24 October 2005, lot 75
purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Private Collection, Vienna

Exhibited:
Vienna Dom Museum, Glanzlichter aus einem Jahrhundert – Biedermeier
bis Jugendstil in Österreich-Ungarn: aus der Sammlung Eisenberger, 2 September – 2 December 2000, no. 68
Budapest, Károlyi Palace, Száz év ragyogás: osztrák-magyar festészeti kiállítás: Eisenberger Jenö gyüjteménye – Bécs, 15 June – 30 August 2001, no. 61
Vienna, Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien, Lust auf Kunst: die Sammlung Jenö Eisenberger – Stimmungsimpressionismus, Jugendstil, Moderne, 24 October 2002 – 2 March 2003, no. 2.2.7

On the beach was part of one of the most highly-regarded art collections in Austria, which Jenö Eisenberger and his wife Vera started in the 1980s.
Perlmutter captures the impressions of light, air and water on canvas, suggesting a soft and tender atmosphere.
The tension in this painting is created by the high horizon, which displays a large area of the beach, the isolated beach chair in the centre, the strolling figure to the right and the sailing boat in the background.