Michael Gilbery, Portrait Of Mrs L Gordon

Michael Gilbery, Portrait Of Mrs L GordonThis engaging mid 20th century oil painting by accomplished London painter Michael Gilbery (1913 2000) depicts Mrs L Gordon. It was shown at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and represents the mature phase of an artist whose reputation was built upon sympathetic characterisation. The sitter, Mrs L. Gordon, is shown seated comfortably in an elegant carved chair, her hands gently folded in her lap. She meets the viewer with a composed, faintly

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The critics were in raptures:

Frame with some light wear and losses

He soon quit but subsequently found himself toiling for a corrupt attorney who demanded he undertake unscrupulous acts on his behalf

high-waisted elegant silhouettes

she was born into an artistic family

which was popular during the first half of the decade

this was met with much satisfaction

They probably date to the late-18th or early 19th-century when neo-classicism heavily inspired architecture

for a short time

This sensuous early 20th-century etching by Danish artist Emil Rosenstand (1859–1932) depicts a young lady in her boudoir gazing into a hand mirror

particularly the bewitching Rosslyn Chapel