Reserved - Henri Mathy, Portrait Of A Woman In A Red Skirt 1760s 930 achieved for ‘Bohemian Life’

930 achieved for ‘Bohemian Life’ at an auction in Hungary in 2008

He spent the early part of his career active in Venice and Florence before heading to Vienna

Perhaps this could be a symbolic reference to the Divine

It’s possible that the artist ‘A Braunsteffer’ grew up here as they produced other works featuring the same region

A provincial 19th-century portrait of a dark brown stallion known as Alonzo

Reserved - Henri Mathy, Portrait Of A Woman In A Red Skirt 1760s 930 achieved for ‘Bohemian Life’An early 20th century full length portrait of a lady wearing a red skirt and top. The artist, Henri Mathy (1897 1978), has used bold brushwork and impasto to give the figure a striking appearance. As a young man, Mathy fought in the First World War and drew many landscapes from the fields at Flanders. Like many artists sent to war, his artistry provided a brief moment of escape from the mud, terror and drudgery. Following the war, he continued to hone