Lot description
Jacob Kramer, Russian/British 1892-1962 - The Jewess; oil on canvas, 76.5 x 64 cm (ARR) Provenance: Christies, London, British & Irish Modern and Contemporary Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, 10th November 1989, lot 246; Sworders, Mountfitchett, 10th January 2011, lot 340; Private Collection, purchased from the above Exhibited: Fine Arts Section, British Empire Exhibition, Olympia, 1924 Illustrated: Millie Kramer, 'Jacob Kramer: A Memorial Volume', E.J. Arnold & Son, 1969, p.60; David Manson, 'Jacob Kramer: Creativity and Loss', Sansom & Company, 2006, p.140 Note: Krämer was part of the vital group of Jewish and émigré artists working in London in the early decades of the 20th century, that included figures such as David Bomberg, Mark Gertler and Bernard Meninsky, and was involved with the Vorticist artists, led by Wyndham Lewis. This portrait has the monumentality and graphic approach more typical of central European art, such as Käthe Kollwitz and Christian Schad.