Béla Adalbert Hradil, Portrait Of A Man Reading A Newspaper

Béla Adalbert Hradil, Portrait Of A Man Reading A NewspaperA characterful portrait of a seated gentleman reading a newspaper by Hungarian Swedish artist, Bla Adalbert Hradil (1885 1968). The headline reads Factory Occupied By French and the front page also mentions Gaulle (presumably former French President Charles de Gaulle). So its possible that the painting dates to around 1944 45. The newspaper is Dagens Nyheter (Todays News), which is published in Stockholm. Hradil was an interesting gentleman who had

Petersen was a highly regarded painter of Greenlandic nature

Signs of historic restoration

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 30” x 26” / 76cm x 66cmYear of creation: c

890 achieved for ‘Portrait of a gentleman’ at Sotheby’s in 2018

A charming old piece

3¾” x 3¾” / 9

when the piece was produced

1900Provenance: DenmarkCondition: Presentable

from newspaper reports

A fine 19th-century landscape painting depicting a woman and child walking along a coastal track under a vast sky

This energetic and evocative painting was almost certainly designed for public worship

It could be cleaned to revive its true colour if you wish