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Else Meidner 1901-1987

Portrait of a Bearded Man

oil on canvas

43.4 x 45.4 cm

signed (upper left): 'EM'

1989-9

Photo: Ben Uri Gallery and Museum

This dark painting reflects Else Meidner’s admiration for Rembrandt, combined with her knowledge of German Expressionism, apparent in the free brush work and the portrait’s strong, emotive impact. The work...

Provenance

presented by Prof. J. P. Hodin 1989

Exhibitions

1989 Prints and Sculpture from the Permanent Collection and Recent Acquisitions, Ben Uri Art Gallery

2019 Migrations: masterworks from the Ben Uri Collection, Gloucester Museum

Literature

Rachel Dickson and Sarah MacDougall, eds., Ben Uri: 100 Years in London - Art, Identity, Migration (London: Ben Uri Gallery, 2015), p. 109 (illus.);
Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in Camden (London: The Public Catalogue Foundation, 2013), p.30 (illus.);
Walter Schwab 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. 138.

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