Portrait Of A Gentleman, Dated 1943 - By Marion Mroz (1892-1976)

Portrait of a Gentleman, dated 1943 by Marion Mroz (1892-1976) ONE OF A PAIR (THE OTHER IS DE LA FEMME DE L'HOMME) Beautiful large portrait from 1943 from the French era of WWII d 'a woman in a gentleman, oil on canvas. An engaging portrait of the man against a countryside background and wearing a pimp (maybe an artist or an engineer) One of a pair we have, the other of his wife. The portrait is in a pristine, unrestored original state of cleanliness and is presented in its original antique gilded frame. Not much is known about the career or the life of Mroz's artists. She may have given up painting because of the war or lost her life during it. There is a Michigan archive of a deceased Marion Mroz in Detroit, USA, registered as "Marion Mroz (1892-1976)" Signed lower right and dated "April 1943" Provenance: withdrawn from a private estate, Oxfordshire Measures: 95cm x 75cm framed approx