Redheaded Woman
Julie Wolfthorn (Thorn 1868 - Theresienstadt 1944)
Lot-No. 262
Proceeds : 49.200 €
Oil/canvas. 63 x 50 cm. Lo. ri. sign. Julie Wolfthorn. The young woman looks at the viewer with a mischievous expression, her spectacular red hair casually flowing through her fingers. Her clothes, which have slipped far off her shoulder, have not been pulled up and perhaps will not be. The glowing effect of the painting is due not only to its erotic appeal, but also to the artistically masterful use of colour and the very different brushstrokes in different areas of the subject. - German painter. W. studied in Berlin from 1890 and continued her education at the Académie Colarossi in Paris from 1892. She then settled in Berlin, where she exhibited at the Secession and the Great Berlin Art Exhibition from 1899. Julie Wolfthorn, unjustly forgotten for a long time after her death, was one of the most prayerful and sought-after portrait painters in Berlin society in the first three decades of the 20th century. She was one of the few women who were able to assert themselves in this segment. In 1898, she was also one of the co-founders of the Berlin Secession, and later she was even a member of its jury. Mus.: Kiel. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Künstlerlexikon Ostpreußen und Westpreußen.
Julie Wolfthorn: Redheaded Woman
Julie Wolfthorn (Thorn 1868 - Theresienstadt 1944)
Redheaded Woman
Lot-No. 262
Proceeds : 49.200 €
Oil/canvas. 63 x 50 cm. Lo. ri. sign. Julie Wolfthorn. The young woman looks at the viewer with a mischievous expression, her spectacular red hair casually flowing through her fingers. Her clothes, which have slipped far off her shoulder, have not been pulled up and perhaps will not be. The glowing effect of the painting is due not only to its erotic appeal, but also to the artistically masterful use of colour and the very different brushstrokes in different areas of the subject. - German painter. W. studied in Berlin from 1890 and continued her education at the Académie Colarossi in Paris from 1892. She then settled in Berlin, where she exhibited at the Secession and the Great Berlin Art Exhibition from 1899. Julie Wolfthorn, unjustly forgotten for a long time after her death, was one of the most prayerful and sought-after portrait painters in Berlin society in the first three decades of the 20th century. She was one of the few women who were able to assert themselves in this segment. In 1898, she was also one of the co-founders of the Berlin Secession, and later she was even a member of its jury. Mus.: Kiel. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Künstlerlexikon Ostpreußen und Westpreußen.
