Anna May-Rychter (1865-1955), Jews on a City Bench in Jerusalem. Watercolor on paper. Signed. Approx. 31X21 cm, mounted on heavy paper and framed; 38.5X48.5 cm with frame. Stains and browning. Losses and blemishes to frame. Anna May-Rychter (1865-1955), born in Regensburg, Bavaria, studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. In Munich she met he partner, Polish artist Tadeusz Rychter. Both were followers of Rudolf Steiner, founder of anthroposophy. Ca. 1924, the Rychters were commissioned to paint watercolors of the Holy sites in Palestine by a company that sold the paintings in Europe. They settled in Jerusalem, creating delicate watercolors depicting the views and people of Palestine and commissioned portraits. They gathered around them a small circle of followers of anthroposophy and held a study group devoted to the teachings of Rudolf Steiner. Tadeusz Rychter was murdered in Poland during WWII; May-Rychter remained in Jerusalem, continued to paint and was active in local anthroposophical circles.