Live Auction 11148Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art
Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (1890-1978)
Lot 101

Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (1890-1978)

Portrait of Hermione

Closed16 June 2015

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GBP 86,500

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Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (1890-1978)
Portrait of Hermione
signed 'BROCKHURST' (lower right)
oil on panel
18 x 13 ½ in. (45.7 x 34.3 cm.), with a letter from the artist to the owner plus other correspondence
(2)

with Scott & Fowles, New York.
Dr and Mrs William Gordon Lyle.
Private collection, U.S.A., 2003.

Specialist note

In September 1914 Brockhurst and his new wife, Anaïs Folin, embarked on a tour throughout France and Italy. This trip provided the artist with his first direct contact with the work of the Italian masters, particularly those of the quattrocento. The influence of those works is evident in this painting, a highly striking portrait of Anaïs, which was subsequently given a fanciful title.