Mathilda signed vintage oil painting in wide, deep, ornate cream and gold/bronze wood frame. This original mid-century painting of a European chateau on a hill overlooking a stone bridge crossing a river or creek at its bend is 8”x10” in a 15”x17” frame, landscape format. The painting is in excellent condition. The frame is solid, but showing its age, with a small blemish (see closeup photo) which can likely be easily repaired, and a gold-edged off-white inner canvas mat feature which is in good shape, but looks old. Painter Mary Matilda created a number of paintings of this (possibly German) Expressionist scene and similar European landscapes in the ‘50s and ‘60s, making them highly collectible today. I’ve seen these sell at auction for nearly $500USD. She signed this one on red, the color and placement of which distinguish this piece from most others. From a published bio: Mary Mathilda Wilke Toler (1(contact info removed)) Painter. Born in Lake Benton, MN of German parents on Dec. 29, 1897. Mrs. Toler moved to southern California in 1921. She studied with Ben Messick in Long Beach and exhibited locally. The latter part of her life was spent on the Monterey Peninsula where she continued to paint and exhibit. She died there in Pacific Grove on Nov. 11, 1981. Her work includes both abstracts and representational landscapes, still lifes, and a series of the California missions. Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1(contact info removed)" From a non-smoking home.