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Kurt Messerschmidt - Early 20th Century Oil, Bow Tie Ready

20th Century

This expressive portrait by the artist Susi Zimmermann (b.1883) depicts a handsome young gentleman dressed in a sharp suit, his arresting gaze commanding the viewer's attention. Ther...

An accomplished portrait of a gentleman in a formal black coat by the German artist Eugen Altenberg (1886-1965). Signed to the righthand side. Well presented in a black frame with a ...

A charming portrait of a seated man wearing a suit captured in a loose, but formal style. Acquired as a pair of portraits with the other depicting his wife Frau Brandt. Signed and in...

This portrait depicts an elderly gentleman seated before a backdrop of bookshelves, suggesting an academic or literary setting. The brushwork is expressive, with warm earth tones dom...

Jacob Kramer is a Jewish artist who migrated with his family to Leeds to escape the Russian pogroms when Kramer was only eight. This portrait oil painting was painted when Kramer was thirty, in 1922, shortly after his return to Leeds from living in London. It is a head and shoulders portrait of a gentleman with dark hair, gazing to his right, his identity unknown. The light from the left hand side of the painting strongly illuminates the left side of the gentleman's face, making it stand out from the darker background and casts strong shadow on the right. The brushwork is bold and confident in its execution. This is an excellent example of Kramer's Post Impresionist work in the early 1920's when at his artistic peak. Signed and dated 1922 lower right. Provenance. Yorkshire estate. Condition. Oil on canvas, 20 inches by 16 inches and in good condition. Frame. Housed in an ebonised frame, 23 inches by 19 inches, in good condition. Jacob Kramer (1892-1962) was born in the small town of Klintsy in 1892, then part of the Russian Empire, into an artistic middle class Jewish family. His father, Max, was a painter who had studied at the St Petersburg Fine Art Academy under Ilya Repin, and had become a court painter to Baron Ginsburg. Kramer's mother, Cecilia, was also artistic being a trained singer who was well known for touring a regional network of theatres established by her father, at which she performed traditional Slavic and Hebrew folk songs. Following the accession of Tsar Nicholas II in 1894 a new virulent anti-semitic policy was introduced to force Russian Jews...

An oil painting on canvas with the half-length portrayal of a man. The painting is signed by the pre-war painter of Lviv, Adam Krotochwila. This fine piece of art is in very good...

Signed en verso B. Solotareff, Lautenberg. Original period frame, made personally by the artist. Dimensions (without frame): Height 16” Width 12 ½”. Dimensions (with frame...

Portrait of a Man in Suit French, mid 20th century oil on canvas, in a slip wooden frame Framed: 18.5 x 15.5 inches Canvas : 18 x 15 inches Provenance: private collection, France Con...