Reference	: O09029
Height	: 94.50cm (37.2 ins)
Width	: 64.00cm (25.2 ins)

An early 20th century chromolithograph of a painting by Bella Vichon in 1919 titled "Christ and the Children".

Bella Vichon was a pupil of the Secessionist dominated School of Applied Arts, which incorporated Professor Franz Cizeks`s Viennese Juvenile Art Class in 1904.

Bella Vichon`s work is included in a book called "Christmas - Pictures by Children", with an introduction by Edmund Dulac. London: J.M. Dent; Vienna: Burgverlag, 1922. A copy of this book is held in the Children`s Collection, University of Reading Library Special Collections.

The poster has the following wording:- "BELLA VICHON IM FEBRUAR 1919, AGED 15 YEARS - KURS FUR JUGENDKUNST KUNSTGEWERBESCHULE WIEN - AUSTRIAN JUNIOR RED CROSS - VIENNA lll  MAXERGASSE 2    MADE IN AUSTRIA".

The poster has damage to the outside edges.