Josef Jungwirth, Sketch With Olivia In A Green Dress

Josef Jungwirth, Sketch With Olivia In A Green DressAn energetic early 20th century study of a lady by Austrian artist, Josef Jungwirth (1869 1950). With broad vigorous brushmarks, the artist has given the subject character and life. The paint is applied confidently and probably at speed. It feels like a piece completed in a few hours, perhaps with a single sitting. Her right ear is little more than a blur and her shimmering lips are poised to talk. Deliberate techniques to give the portrait a sense of

A well-worn track bends away to our left before disappearing into a copse

14½” x 16½” / 37cm x 42cm

1900Provenance: EnglandCondition: Very presentable

which is often attributed to Florentine painter

29” x 21” / 74cm x 53cm Year of creation 1906

There’s an inner steel to her character - a sense of defiance and cultural pride

“Johannes Grenness - Lysets Mester (Master of Light)”

which is made even more dramatic by the use of Chiaroscuro - a strong contrast of dark and light

and this piece fits within that oeuvre

perhaps the creator has been influenced by the approach of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood who were working around the same time

Ladies would proudly don the latest floral dresses and ornament themselves with fans

a pond and some mature trees