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Maurice William Greiffenhagen, RA, British 1862-1931- Portrait of Mrs Bury Barry holding a...
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Maurice William Greiffenhagen, RA,
British 1862-1931-
Portrait of Mrs Bury Barry holding a rose;
oil on canvas, oval, signed and inscribed 'MAURICE GREIFFENHAGEN / 2 LONDON RD N.W. / [PORTR]AIT OF MRS BURY BARRY' on the upper stretcher bar, oval, 91.5 x 71 cm.
Provenance:
with the Art Exhibitions Bureau, London.
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 23 March 2016, lot 39.
Note:
Greiffenhagen worked as a painter, illustrator and graphic designer and taught at the Glasgow School of Art from 1906 to 1926. His output was widely varied, ranging from stylised graphic work, to more formal, restrained portraits, and to his somewhat fantastical mythical and allegorical scenes. One of his most celebrated works amongst contemporaries was his sensual and atmospheric 1891 painting 'An Idyll', which inspired the 1911 novel 'The White Peacock' by D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930).
The present work combines Greiffenhagen's skill as a portraitist and his tendencies towards theatricality and romance, in part effectively conveyed by the dramatic lighting, which highlights the sitter's skin revealed by the low neckline of her dress, and the rose which she holds to her chest and which matches the red of her blushing cheeks.
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