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    Artist

  • Schiff, John, 1907-1976

    • Title

  • Portrait of Louise Matthiasdottir, undated

  • Physical Description

    1 photograph : black-and-white ; 8 x 10 inches / 20.5 x 25.5 cm., digital photograph

  • Summary

    The image shows a portrait photograph of artist Louise Matthiadottir sitting infront of an abstract painting of a female form. The verso of the photograph has a John D. Schiff photography stamp and "Icelandic painter / I believe wife of Leland Bell - painter" written in pencil.

  • Depicted

    Louisa Matthíasdóttir, 1917-2000; Bell, Leland, 1922-1991

  • Subject

    Artists; Portraits; Painters

  • Genre

    Photographs

  • Part Of

    John (Hans) and Trude Schiff Collection, AR 25082

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

Louisa Matthíasdóttir was a painter, originally from Reykjavík. She studied the arts in Denmark and in Paris. Her paintings established her as a leading figure in the Icelandic avant-garde community. In these paintings she utilized a broad brush to emphasize the geometric form. In 1942 she moved to New York City and in 1944 she married painter Leland Bell.

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Citation

Schiff, John: Portrait of Louise Matthiasdottir, undated, Leo Baeck Institute, F 139 AR 25082.