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Lady in a Fur Coat (The Artist’s Wife), 1922

Leopold Museum,
Vienna © Bildrecht,
Vienna 2022
Oil on wood
62.7×47.2 cm

Artists

  • Josef Dobrowsky

    (Karlovy Vary 1889–1964 Tullnerbach)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment
Lady in a Fur Coat is one of Josef Dobrowsky’s (1889–1964) many intriguing women’s portraits: Portrait Isolde Ahlgrimm (Woman in White Blouse), Portrait Mrs. Huber, *Lady in Red Headscarf * are all fascinating, despite the differences between them, for how the pictures convey the personality of the women portrayed. In an experimental take, he portrays his wife Theresia (née Mayer) from an unusual perspective here. The delicate light skin of her neck and face stands out against the heavy dark fur coat she is wearing. He shows her looking a little suspiciously, free of idealization but still mysterious and calmly elegant. The snap-shot like scene is dynamized by fidgety brushstrokes in the coat and background.

Object data

Artist/author
  • Josef Dobrowsky
Title
Lady in a Fur Coat (The Artist’s Wife)
Date
1922
Art movement
Naturalism I Realism, Secession
Category
Painting
Material​/technique
Oil on wood
Dimensions
62.7×47.2 cm
Signature
Monogrammed and dated lower left: 1922
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 51
Inventory access
Contributed to the Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung in 1994
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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i
Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Wien (o.D.);
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (seit 1994).

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