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Emeritus Prof Christopher May

This afternoon, I've been reading a biography of Jacob Kramer, a contemporary of Mark Gertler, CRW Nevinson et al at The Slade in the early C20th, and came across this amazing portrait (self-evidently influenced by Kramer's 'hero' Van Gogh).

Japanese Maiden (1918)



Painting: on a strong yellow background in a red garment (the two colours taking up most of the canvas) a Japanese woman looking to the right over her shoulder with a black bobbed hairstyle held up by an ornamental pin - all done it quite a 'graphic' style, rather than naturalistic
Jun 18, 2023, 03:58 PM·Public·Web
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