Lot description
Jacob Kramer, Russian/British 1892-1962 - Portrait of a woman; oil on canvas, signed lower right 'Kramer', 76.2 x 51 cm (ARR) Provenance: Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh, British & European Paintings, 27th November 2014, lot 162; Private Collection, purchased from the above 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.