Portrait painting woman art deco signed 1937 framed

Oil painting on canvas signed by j. Hunkemöller (xix-xxth siecle). This painting depicts a woman from the 30s with this old haircut from the art deco years. She wears a cameo around her neck. The work is dated 1937 and is signed by j. Hunkemöller. Large painting with its gilded frame 77x67 cm. The rise of portraiture in the nineteenth century helped to give certain portraitists renowned for their talent an unprecedented notoriety, an unprecedented glory, artists among whom people eager to see their faces transfigured by their brushes flocked. I will dwell on some of these famous painters whose profiles and activity are indicative not only of the social and political transformations at work throughout this century, but also of the place acquired in society by the portrait register. Dimension: 77cm X 67cm (30'' X 26'').