Portrait of Dorothy Stone, c. 1944-45
oil on canvas
99.5 x 76.5 cm
signed (lower left): 'Erich Wolfsfeld'
1995-1
@Erich Wolfsfeld estate
Photo: Bridgeman images
After fleeing Nazi Germany for England in 1939, Erich Wolfsfeld initially settled in Sheffield, where his wife, Ilse Fackenheim had preceeded him. He attracted the patronage of artists Ben and...
After fleeing Nazi Germany for England in 1939, Erich Wolfsfeld initially settled in Sheffield, where his wife, Ilse Fackenheim had preceeded him. He attracted the patronage of artists Ben and Fay Pomerance, who encouraged commissions among Sheffield’s Anglo-Jewish community in the late 1940s. One such was Wolfsfeld's portrait of Dorothy Stone, then aged around 37, depicted wearing turquoise satin and a favoured ruby and platinum bracelet, and considered an excellent likeness. The portrait was commissioned c. 1944-45 and observed from sittings in her living room at 115 Osborne Road, Sheffield, in front of windows that looked out onto the garden. After the Stone family moved to London in 1946, they visited the artist at his flat, and at Dorothy's invitation, Wolfsfeld overpainted the windows (still faintly visible), which she considered a distraction.
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