Adolf Reich, In Thought

Adolf Reich, In ThoughtA skilfully rendered portrait of an older gentleman by Austrian artist, Adolf Reich (1887 1963). While resting his bearded chin on his right hand, the subject looks ponderously across the rims of his rickety old spectacles. Reich possessed an extraordinary ability to capture the smallest of details with the utmost of care and his style was entirely traditional. In 1916, he attended the Academy of Arts in Vienna and elected to paint in a classical

while being escorted along a path towards an impressive country residence

Working back from this date gives our subject a birth year of 1588 and to put that into context

Size including frame 26” x 22” / 66cm x 56cm

the Virgin Mary kneels as she prays for him

which features foliate corners and a decorative inner border

Framed with age-related wear

Johan Pankraz Koeber

Good condition overall with no issues

the paint layer is stable and not flaking

Smoke rises from a chimney in the distance as the sun sets on another day in France

It reminds us a little of JMW Turner’s ‘The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons’

Two gentlemen on horseback look across towards a mother who is carrying a child and standing in a doorway