Jacob Kramer 1892-1962
Portrait of Sam Nagley, 1922
oil on canvas
75 x 62 cm
and dated (lower right): 'Kramer/22'
1987-189
@The William Roberts Society, London
Photo: Bridgeman images
In Kramer’s bold, modern Portrait of Sam Nagley the artist uses a typically plain black background against which to highlight his sitter’s head giving the work a condensed, graphic quality....
In Kramer’s bold, modern Portrait of Sam Nagley the artist uses a typically plain black background against which to highlight his sitter’s head giving the work a condensed, graphic quality. The angular modelling of Nagley’s face shows the influence of the Vorticist movement with which Kramer was associated in 1915.Sam Nagley was a doctor and musician in Kramer’s home town of Leeds, where the artist returned after his father’s death in 1916. Nagley’s sister, who married another of the artist’s circle, Dr. Caplan, was also a friend and model of Kramer’s.
