Reserved - Henri Mathy, Portrait Of A Woman In A Red Skirt 1760s She’s wearing a brown and

She’s wearing a brown and blue bell-shaped dress

A fine 19th-century oil on canvas depicting a sumptuous interior at Gripsholm Castle in Sweden

Perhaps they painted exactly what they saw or did the officer insist upon it

We love Mollie’s loose brushwork here and she’s filled the portrait with character

Reserved - Henri Mathy, Portrait Of A Woman In A Red Skirt 1760s She’s wearing a brown andAn 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