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Elizabeth Brunner
(Hungarian, 1910-2001)
'Japanese Lady'

3 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£800 - £1,200

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Elizabeth Brunner (Hungarian, 1910-2001)

'Japanese Lady'
signed 'ELIZABETH/BRUNNER' (lower right), signed dated and inscribed 'Japanese lady/Japan, 1936/E.B.'
oil on canvas
77 x 62cm (30 5/16 x 24 7/16in).

Footnotes

Elizabeth Brunner was born in Nagykanizsa, Hungary. Disillusioned after the First World War and in search of a more spiritual way of life she left the country of her birth in 1929 with her mother, also an artist, and journeyed to India. They arrived in 1931 and immersed themselves in the beauty and mysticism of the country. In 1935 Elizabeth's mother became ill with 'Bombay fever' and the Brunners were advised to leave India immediately. They booked themselves onto a ship to Japan which they found they adored and stayed until 1937. Elizabeth painted portraits of many political leaders, intellectuals and also the local people that she met on her extensive travels, including Mahatma Ghandi, Nehru and the poet Rabindra Nath Tagore.

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