Fritz Reusing, Portrait Of A Bearded Gentleman

Fritz Reusing, Portrait Of A Bearded GentlemanThis accomplished portrait by German artist Fritz Reusing (1874 1956) depicts an older gentleman with a fine set of mutton chops. Its believed to be the painter Carl Seiler (1846 1921). Reusing was an outstanding portraitist one of the last masters of the classical style. His works shimmer with life, every characteristic captured with a keen understanding of light. You can almost feel the skin, a complex amalgam of fleshy tones and reflected near

Frame with some age-related wear including a missing piece on the right

Craquelure throughout and scuffing around the edges

There are some nice details

Year of creation: 1870

He was born near Whitstable in Kent and served in both World Wars - working in a munitions factory in Rochester during WWII

436 achieved for ‘Portrait of a gentleman’ in 1998

Voigt was a multi-talented creative who was primarily known for his ceramics but also produced paintings that looked back to the 18th and early 19th centuries

An early 20th-century oil on canvas depicting a seated gentleman reading a newspaper while two ladies look on from a distance

It reminds us a little of JMW Turner’s ‘The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons’

Two gentlemen on horseback look across towards a mother who is carrying a child and standing in a doorway

We can’t locate a photograph with the same image so perhaps it was painted from life

Medium: Oil on boardOverall size: 22½” x 27” / 58cm x 69cmYear of creation: 1954Condition: Overall very presentable with a few light marks and one minor paint loss