"A Young Beauty By Josef Zenisek (czech, 1855-1944)"
A beautiful Art Nouveau portrait of a young woman wearing pearls and lace was executed in 1914 by the highly regarded Czech portrait and genre painter Josef Zenisek (1855 Prague - 1944). The artist studied at the Academies of Prague and Munich and later worked in Paris and Rome. In 1935, his works were exhibited in a solo exhibition in Prague. Josef Zenisek is listed in the General Dictionary of Artists from Antiquity to the Present Day by Thieme/Becker, Leipzig 1999, and in the Dictionary of Czech Artists by Dr. P. Toman, Prague 1950.
Inscription: Signed Jos. Zenisek and dated 1914, upper right.
Technique: Oil on canvas. Original period frame.
Dimensions: Unframed 44 x 52 cm, Framed 51.5 x 58.5 cm.
Condition: Good
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