Edward Verschaffelt (1874-1955)

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Edward Verschaffelt (1874-1955)

An Arab Woman Spinning

signed and dated 'Edward Verschaffelt/1948'; oil on canvas
29¾ x 35in. (75.6 x 89cm.)

Literature

L. Thornton, La Femme dans la Peinture Orientaliste, Paris, 1993, p. 149 (illus. in colour)

Lot Essay

Verschaffelt lived in Morocco for several years. According to P. & V. Berko, Dictionary of Belgian Painters born between 1750 and 1875, Brussels, 1981, he was 'an impeccable sketcher; a peerless colourist'.

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