2nd Mar, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

Modern & Contemporary Art

 
Lot 93
 

93

Jacob Kramer (1892-1962) Portrait of a girl seated wearing a blue dress Signed and dated 1930,...

Jacob Kramer (1892-1962)
Portrait of a girl seated wearing a blue dress
Signed and dated 1930, pastel, 54cm by 43cm

Provenance for lots 96-96: The vendor's father was friendly with Jacob Kramer and used to drink with him in Leeds. Kramer gifted him these pictures in exchange for drinks.

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Following the political unrest in Eastern Europe, Jacob Kramer and his family left their home of Ukraine, settling in the Jewish community of Leeds in 1900. His first formal training was at Leeds School of Art from 1908-11 where he received a scholarship to study full time and also met fellow artists such as Fred Lawson (see lot 96). Here he also earned the patronage of Sir Michael Sadler. From 1913-14 he studied at the Slade School of Art where he befriended other leading artists of the day such as Augustus John and David Bomberg. In 1915 Kramer held a solo exhibition with Mathews and Brooke, Bradford and was invited to exhibit with the Vorticists in London. Following this he began to build up his reputation as a leading Yorkshire artist with shows in Yorkshire and London and in 1959 he was elected as president of Leeds Fine Arts Club. 1960 saw a retrospective of his works at Leeds City Art Gallery and six years after his death the City of Leeds Branch College of Art was renamed the Jacob Kramer College of Art.
 

Sold for £480
Estimated at £200 - £300


 

.On buff paper. Some light surface dirt and time staining to paper. A number of small areas, especially within her hair and to the blue paint below her neck where the pastel has become attached to the glass. Slight cockling to paper. Surface score top edge behind her head through the back of her hair to neck. Not examined out of frame.

 


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Auction: Modern & Contemporary Art, 2nd Mar, 2019

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