Early 20th-Century Belgian School, Portrait Of A Woman In A Feathered Hat

Early 20th-Century Belgian School, Portrait Of A Woman In A Feathered HatThis early 20th century oil painting depicts a fabulous lady wearing a grey dress, coral necklace and feathered hat. During the 1900s 1910s, a remarkable hat was a prerequisite for any high society female with many of these featuring bird feathers, as we see here. Such was the desire for the most exotic and unusual feathers that the industry quickly became a multi million pound empire. Its also reported that on occasion women would hunt for their own

It’s a fairy tale

We’re on the outside but perhaps so is he

This attractive mid-20th-century oil painting by German artist Oskar Hagemann (1888-1985) depicts a beautiful bouquet of flowers and a jug

the Danish court gilder

fought in the war of 1870 as he painted several battles scenes and military portraits

The artist has built up the oils to give the painting texture and interest

He’s built the oils up in places to give the pieces a little texture

The name Als Ik Kan was derived from Jan van Eyck’s motto

Overall size: 18” x 24” / 46cm x 61cm

so perhaps it is Greenland

such as Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750) and Jan van Huysum (1682-1749)

Many have tried to capture its lusty atmosphere - including Renoir in 1876 and Picasso in 1900