Painting by Delacroix of the London National Gallery can be forged Walter Sikerta
Painting at the London National Gallery, whose author is still regarded as Eugène Delacroix, it may be fake, written by Walter Sikertom.
Painting in the London National Gallery, whose author is still regarded as Eugène Delacroix (Eugène Delacroix), may be fake, written by Walter Sikertom (Walter Sickert). "Portrait of a Man", originally dated 1830-50-mi, if the fears of experts about its authenticity are met, will work around the end of XIX - early XX century.
painting exhibited at the National Gallery exhibition "Careful study: forgery, mistakes and discoveries »(Close Examination: Fakes, Mistakes and Discoveries), which opened June 30 and will run until 12 September 2010. The exhibition will be examination of works of questionable provenance using high-tech developments in the field of examination of art objects.
Sikert Walter (1860-1942) donated to the portrait Tate Gallery in 1922 and in 1956 the picture moved to London's National Gallery. In 1922, experts attributed this work Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), suggesting that on canvas depicts a French utopian socialist Considerant Victor (Victor Considérant, 1808-1893), in 1855 founded the utopian colony near Dallas (USA). Historians believe that Delacroix could meet with Konsideranom in 1833 at a costume ball, which gave the writer Alexandre Dumas in Paris. In historical documents were characteristic features of shape Considerant - long flowing hair and a luxurious mustache. These traits, of course, had the model, but the similarity probably ends. Whatever it was, rather sketchy portrait has little in common with Konsideranom. Furthermore, this picture bears little resemblance to the portrait sketches by Delacroix 1830. Compared to the bright and full of life sketches by Delacroix, heavy strokes of the portrait seem labored. Apparently, the author of this portrait experienced difficulties when the image is the left side of his face, plunging it into deep shadow, making his left eye disproportionate, flat and dark. And although the picture painted in the style of Delacroix, his authorship is questioned.
curator of the exhibition "Careful study : forgery, mistakes and discoveries "Vayesman Betsy (Betsy Wieseman) states that the picture may belong to one of the French followers of Delacroix, but also not impossible that he could write a portrait of himself Walter Sikert, imitating the artistic style of Eugene. If so, then Sikert could write a work by exercising copying Delacroix, or just to fool experts. After all, Walter Sikert well known for his rather eccentric disposition, especially in the 1920's, when few people undertook to predict its behavior.
About Provenance work are little known. We managed to find evidence that two years prior to the transfer of Sikertom in Tate, that is, in 1920, she exhibited as a portrait of Delacroix brush Considerant Eldar Gallery in London. However, there is no information about where Eldar Gallery acquired this product. Sikert was well acquainted with the owners of this gallery and held a solo exhibition here in 1919. Could Sikert sell the gallery one of his works, passing it off as original Delacroix? What a intriguing neither seems this version is more plausible is different: Sikert just got a picture in the gallery for money or in exchange for one of his works, and then handed it to Tate.
In Defence Sikerta advocates and researcher of his work Wendy Baron (Wendy Baron). She is confident that Sikert not forge work, and suggests that the portrait was painted by Delacroix in fact, as Walter Sikert mention some work by Delacroix in his letter of 1906. Presumably he bought the portrait in Paris.
P. S. About the exhibition "A careful study of: forgery, mistakes and discoveries» (Close Examination: Fakes, Mistakes and Discoveries) read on the site AI:
The National Gallery exhibition will be held fakes
The National Gallery show tickets fakes
Source:
Permanent link to:
https://artinvestment.ru/en/news/artnews/20100702_sickert.html
https://artinvestment.ru/news/artnews/20100702_sickert.html
© artinvestment.ru, 2025
Attention! All materials of the site and database of auction results ARTinvestment.RU, including illustrated reference information about the works sold at auctions, are intended for use exclusively for informational, scientific, educational and cultural purposes in accordance with Art. 1274 of the Civil Code. Use for commercial purposes or in violation of the rules established by the Civil Code of the Russian Federation is not allowed. ARTinvestment.RU is not responsible for the content of materials submitted by third parties. In case of violation of the rights of third parties, the site administration reserves the right to remove them from the site and from the database on the basis of an application from an authorized body.