Fritz Reusing, Portrait Of A Bearded Gentleman 1910s The painting is signed in

The painting is signed in the bottom left

Creswick was well-loved by the Victorian middle classes who scattered their walls with picturesque etchings

Medium Oil on panel

Christianity was woven into Scandinavian folklore by the 11th-century

specialised in interior scenes and this is a particularly good example of the way he handles light

Fritz Reusing, Portrait Of A Bearded Gentleman 1910s The painting is signed inThis accomplished portrait by German artist Fritz Reusing (1874 1956) depicts an older gentleman with a fine set of mutton chops. Its believed to be the painter Carl Seiler (1846 1921). Reusing was an outstanding portraitist one of the last masters of the classical style. His works shimmer with life, every characteristic captured with a keen understanding of light. You can almost feel the skin, a complex amalgam of fleshy tones and reflected near