French School, Portrait of a Woman with a Fur Coat, 1931, Oil on Canvas

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This oil on canvas painting depicts the portrait of a young woman in the early twentieth-century figurative style. The woman, … Read more This oil on canvas painting depicts the portrait of a young woman in the early twentieth-century figurative style. The woman, wearing heavy makeup, carries a fur cape over her shoulder. The painting is signed and dated lower left, but both are difficult to read; it appears to be 1931. On the right, however, there is a label with the number 3, suggesting an exhibition. The painting's style reflects the figurative and expressionist tendencies of European portraiture from the interwar period: lines and perspectives are altered to amplify the subject's dramatic force, and the colors are bright and bold to convey emotion. The painting is in good condition. Dimensions: canvas 46 x 38.5 cm, frame 55.5 x 46.5 cm. See less