An Early 20thC German School Oil on Canvas Painting of a Gentleman Dated to 1927 sub-Decorative Objects to two fielded paneled cupboard

to two fielded paneled cupboard doors opening to reveal a vacant interior

In 1900 Thomas Kerfoot was joined in partnership by his son

It would once have been covered in a layer of gesso and then painted with various coloured pigments and small traces of the gesso can still be found particularly around the eyes and mouth

This particular model is very similar aesthetically to the one held in the Smithsonian American Art Museum

A very good example

An Early 20thC German School Oil on Canvas Painting of a Gentleman Dated to 1927 sub-Decorative Objects to two fielded paneled cupboardOrigin: German Period: Early 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1927 Height: 35. 5 Width: 29 The half length portrait of a middle aged German gentleman in contemplative mood and sensitively executed, the sitter shown as a studious man of thought, his head resting to his hand sitting in an armchair to a dark ground with red tones, the work presented unframed and indistinctly signed and dated to 1927 lower right. The picture remains in original though