Portrait of Leanna Lahr Frisch 1939

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About the Item

A fine period portrait of Leanna Lahr Frisch by Austrian / American portrait artist Greta Kempton (1903-1999). Kempton was born in Vienna, Austria, and created her first portrait at age 9, painting a portrait of her sleeping governess. She became a pupil of Rauchinger and Willonce in the Vienna National Academy of Design. Around 1926, she moved to the United States and after settling in New York, Kempton studied at the National Academy of Design under Sidney Dickinson and at the Art Students League, New York City under George E. Bridgeman. By the mid-1930s, Greta Kempton was living in California and was well-established as a painter of commissioned portraits, with Hollywood studio heads like Louis B. Mayer of MGM and Adolf Zukor of Paramount Pictures among her clients. By the end of the decade, she was back on the east coast, where she painted a portrait of New Jersey governor Harold Hoffman. In April 1970, her portrait of President Truman was exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution. Her work can still be seen in the collections of the White House, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Supreme Court, the Truman Library, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, the National Portrait Gallery, The Pentagon, Georgetown University, the Missouri State Historical Society, the National Academy of Design in New York and numerous other institutions. Oil on canvas, signed and dated 1939 lower right, and housed in a fine giltwood Newcomb-Macklin frame, with some minor corner gesso cracks. Dimensions: 40” H x 30” W, actual; 45 ½” H x 35 ½” W, framed.

Creator:
Greta Kempton (1903 - 1999, Austrian)
Creation Year:
1939
Dimensions:
Height: 45.5 in (115.57 cm)Width: 35.5 in (90.17 cm)Depth: 2.5 in (6.35 cm)
Medium:
Canvas,Oil
Period:
1930-1939
Condition:
Very good overall condition, with minimal imperfections. The frame has a few corner gesso cracks. Please contact us directly for a full condition report before purchasing.
Gallery Location:
Milford, NH
Reference Number:
Seller: 82981stDibs: LU93138700772

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