Historical information
This artwork was painted by Charlotte Rippert who was interned in Camp 3 with her whole family. The painting was painted in camp. Charlotte Rippert was a German Lutheran Missionary in Egypt, arrested as a security risk in Cairo, 1941. Transported on Queen Elizabeth to Australia and interned at Camp 3 1941-1945.
Physical description
Oil painting on Board (framed) - painting is of a farm scene with a large yellow-green tree in the centre-left with four other green trees and a farm and fence - in the background are hills against the skyline
Inscriptions & markings
Back: 'Oil painting believed to be by Charlotte Rippert. Wedding gift to Otto Lobert in Camp 3, WW2. (One of a pair C3505) DONOR: Otto Lobert, Nov. 1993'