Early 20th-Century Portrait Of A Woman In A Brown Top

Early 20th-Century Portrait Of A Woman In A Brown TopA gentle depiction of a middle aged woman with a brown v neck top and necklace. The artist has captured her wistful expression and enigmatic smile beautifully. Its hard to decipher the signature but it appears to read Ehlers, which could relate to English artist Ernest Herman Ehlers (1858 1943). The portrait is dated 1931 and housed within a frame that's probably its original. Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 21 x 25 55cm x 65cmYear of creation:

A few light scratches and a small pinhole in the top right but otherwise fine

Henning Ofverbeck was primarily a landscape painter that was often inspired by the classical artists of the 18th and 19th century

The painting is housed within an attractive later frame with foliate corners and a decorative inner border

While on our left a simple handmade table houses at least two pairs of leather boots

Alsace is situated on the French/German border and reflects a blend of the two cultures

I wonder how the artist arrived at the point whereby they decided to give this gentleman such a steely look

The details are impressive and it’s clearly by a well-trained hand

It must have been quite a sight to witness from this viewpoint

during the later part of the 19th-century

which translates from Italian as ‘pity’ or ‘compassion’

He exhibited widely

a muddy track twists its way towards a village past trees that are battered by the wind