JOSEPH FEDOROVICH WETZEL (1874–1934) Early spring

signed ‘J Wetzel’ (lower left) watercolour on paper laid on board 49.5 x 33 cm Joseph Fedorovich Wetzel (1874–1934) was a Russian painter and watercolourist who lived and worked in St Petersburg during the first third of the 20th century. He participated in exhibitions of the Society of Russian Watercolourists (1914– 1918), the Autumn Exhibition of the Association of Artists (1923), and exhibitions organised by the A.I. Kuindzhi Society (1927–1929).