Lot description
Jacob Kramer, Russian/British 1892-1962 - Portrait of a lady, head and shoulders; oil on canvas, signed lower right 'Kramer', 38.5 x 28 cm (ARR) Provenance: Bonhams, West Yorkshire, Prints, Watercolours and Oil Paintings, 14th June 2005, lot 74; Private Collection 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.