Solomon J Solomon 1860-1927
Mischa Elman Playing the Violin
oil on canvas
74.5 x 62
1987-394
Photo: Bridgeman images
This portrait of the famous Russian-Jewish violinist, Mischa Elman (1891-1967) captures the musician at play. The finely-painted face shows Solomon’s skill as a portraitist and contrasts with the sketchy lower...
This portrait of the famous Russian-Jewish violinist, Mischa Elman (1891-1967) captures the musician at play. The finely-painted face shows Solomon’s skill as a portraitist and contrasts with the sketchy lower half of the picture which effectively captures the energy of the violinist in full flow.
Provenance
presented by Mrs Ewen Montagu 1957Exhibitions
Solomon J. Solomon RALiterature
Walter Schwabe and Julia Weiner, eds., Jewish Artists: the Ben Uri Collection - Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture (London: Ben Uri Art Society in association with Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 1994), p. 99.1
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