"The Flamenco Dancer" is one of the best masterpieces of Leopold Schmutzler.

Leopold Schmutzler was a Bohemian-born German painter. He specialized in portraits, semi-erotic female figures, and Rococo-style genre scenes. In his later years, he became associated with the Nazi Party. He was the son of a saddler and innkeeper, who also gave him his first drawing lessons. By the turn of the century, he had become one of the busiest portrait painters in Munich. He received important commissions from the Bavarian Royal Family, but also portrayed dancers and other popular performers. In fact, one of his best-known portraits was of the actress Lili Marberg in the role of Salome. His style was generally realistic with Art-Deco elements.