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

The composition seems to draw your gaze from the graduated sky on the right

A stylish mid-20th-century American school portrait of a woman dressed in dark blue

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