George Wright Hall, Portrait Of A Man abstract 509 achieved for ‘After Dinner’

509 achieved for ‘After Dinner’ at Christie's in 2005

The portrait is housed within a decorative wooden frame with foliate corner ornamentation and gilded borders

070 achieved for ‘Grossmutter Erzählt’ at auction in 1996

The portrait is signed illegibly in the lower right and held within a later frame

Aside from the obvious missing elements

George Wright Hall, Portrait Of A Man abstract 509 achieved for ‘After Dinner’A characterful portrait of a seated gentleman by Scottish painter, George Wright Hall (1895 1974). He looks towards us through thin rimmed spectacles, his heavy moustache drooping under a prominent Roman nose. Note how the body is a mere suggestion of form. Its possibly a portrait study yet it bears a full signature. Little is known about Wright Hall but he was probably influenced by the Scottish Colourists who were well known when he was honing his