Hugo Mieth, Five Minutes Rest

Hugo Mieth, Five Minutes RestAn early 20th century oil on canvas depicting a seated gentleman reading a newspaper while two ladies look on from a distance. We can only wonder what the story is here perhaps theyre wondering who he is. The artist, Hugo Mieth (1865 1930), trained at the Academy in Dresden under Wilhelm Ferdinand Pauwels (1830 1904) and later at the illustrious Acadmie Julian in Paris. Like many academy trained painters from this period, Mieth had the best of both

Craquelure throughout

A light-filled impressionistic view of Skäldervike in Sweden by Norwegian artist

There’s certainly a figure in a hat but what is he holding

Size including frame 16¾” x 13⅔” / 41cm x 35cm

13½” x 17½” / 34cm x 45cm

In contrast to the flourishes of the French

The portrait is housed within a good later frame

It has craquelure throughout but the paint layer is stable

the subject looks ponderously across the rims of his rickety old spectacles

a similar portrait of a boxer dog sold at Bonhams in the United States

Carlo Dolci (1616-1686)

The portrait is presented in a feigned oval and signed/dated in the lower right