Early 20th-Century British School, Portrait Study Of A Young Woman

Early 20th-Century British School, Portrait Study Of A Young WomanThis early 20th century portrait study depicts a young woman turned two thirds in repose. She wears a black top. Its a rather striking academic work but the artist remains a mystery. Its interesting to see the change of direction with adjustments made on the left, presumably altering the head and neck size. Signed dated Lee 1932 in the lower right and held in a frame from the period, which is probably original. Medium: Oil on canvas Overall size: 16 x

but it failed to repay his optimism

Several of his works are held in museums including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Chambéry

400 for ‘A Mother and Child’

Metzu Pinxit" and "Pelletier Sculp

The painting is signed ‘A Normann’ in homage to the great Norwegian painter

he’s represented at the V&A Museum in London and The Met Museum in New York

He lived a humble life as a farmer with a small plot of land and also worked as a vase painter

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 38½” x 30½” / 98cm x 78cmYear of creation: c

each element carefully rendered with precision and obsessive accuracy

and charmed by its sweet words

Mortimer adored the British coastline and held a particular fondness for Devon and Cornwall

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