The condition is typical for a picture of this age, including some minor surface dirt. The frame moulding has been repaired, with some cracking visible to the corners of the frame. This is stable.
60 x 49cm (23.6" x 19.3")Framed Size: 73 x 64cm (28.7" x 25.2")
Cyril Joshua Ross (né Miselevich) was born into a Lithuanian-Jewish family in Stepney, London, England in 1891. A successful businessman and philanthropist, he was the owner of the West End furriery store Swears & Wells and, as Ben Uri's long standing Treasurer, provided secure storage in the vaults for the Ben Uri Collection during the Second World War. He also served as treasurer of both the Zangwill Fellowship and the Jewish National Fund. He was a prominent figure in Jewish circles and helped in many causes: offering support to impecunious fellow artists including Alfred Lomnitz (known as 'Lom'), and as President of the Soup Kitchen for the Jewish Poor, for more than 30 years, keeping it running throughout the Second World War; in 1947 he was awarded the OBE for his services. Ross was also a successful self-taught amateur artist, only beginning to paint, in a traditional manner, at the age of 40, but then participating in exhibitions at the Whitechapel Art Gallery (1945), Galerie Bernheim Jeune, Paris (1951), the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours, London (1952), the Royal Institute Galleries (1954) and at Ben Uri in 1968 and 1972 - the latter celebrating his 80th birthday. He died in London, England in 1973.
| SKU | sp611 |
|---|---|
| Frame Colour | dark brown |
| Artist | Cyril J. Ross OBE, ROI (1891-1973) |
| Date | Mid 20th Century |
| Dimensions | 60 x 49cm |
| Medium | Oil |
| Style | Postimpressionism |
| Subject | Nudes |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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