SOLOMON JOSEPH SOLOMON R.A., P.R.B.A. | Portrait of Gertrude Salaman, the Artist's Niece

Presented to The Ben Uri Gallery by the children of Dr Redcliffe Nathan Salaman, the sitter's husband

Probably Royal Academy, London, 1909, no.233 as Miss Gertrude Lowy;
The Ben Uri Art Society, London, Jewish Artists: The Ben Uri Collection, Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture, 1994, no.395;
Possibly The Ben Uri Art Society, London, Eighty Years of Jewish Art 1915-1995, The Ben Uri Art Society, 1995;
Ben Uri Gallery, London, Homeless & Hidden 1, 2009

Walter Schwab and Julia Weiner (eds.), Jewish Artists: The Ben Uri Collection, 1994

This picture is unlined and the existing canvas is providing a stable structural support. There is a small area of craquelure on the girl's neck and some areas of blooming above her head. The picture would benefit from a light clean and revarnish. UNDER ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT There are no signs of retouching but the varnish is very uneven. FRAME This picture is contained in a later painted wooden frame.
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Gertrude 'Golda' Lowy (1887-1982) was the daughter of Ernest Daniel Lowy and his wife Henrietta, the artist's sister. She married the botanist and expert on growing potatoes Dr Redcliffe Nathan Salaman in 1926 following the death of his first wife Nina, an eminent scholar and poet whose portrait Solomon painted in 1918.