Early 20th-Century German School, Portrait Of A Lady

Early 20th-Century German School, Portrait Of A LadyThis early 20th century German portrait depicts a young lady wearing a black square neck dress. Painted in around 1910, this beautiful portrayal was produced during the Art Nouveau period, which influenced architecture, decorative arts, interior design and fashion. For clothing, designers such as Rouff & Paquin created sumptuous costumes, which emphasised organic forms and flowing silhouettes. Beads and sequins were also de rigueur to add a sense of

And as you see here

41½” x 33” / 106cm x 84cm Year of creation

Schenstrøm trained at the Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen

you’ll notice various figures crossing over

its eclectic atmosphere and colourful waterside properties

This late 19th-century hand-coloured engraving by British artist Edwin Henry Hunt (1840-1925) depicts the racing greyhound Princess Dagmar

An easy-going impressionistic landscape painting depicting a rural track with cottages

1915Provenance: BelgiumCondition: Generally good

particularly those based upon English subjects

It’s fascinating to consider the sitting

The painting is housed within a chippy gilded frame with swept foliate decoration

An inscription in the lower left reads ‘Houndsditch